Fired federal workers are returning to work — sort of

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• After all the hullabaloo about fired federal workers, many are now back at work — sort of.
• They're on paid administrative leave after a court ordered the Trump administration reinstate roughly 25,000 of them.
• Ten of them spoke to BI about the whiplash of their careers and financial lives.

The latest twist in the White House's efficiency push is roughly 25,000 fired federal workers being ordered back on the government's payroll — but not doing any work.