9.14.26 A federal judge just ruled that DHS broke the law when it took over FEMA's workforce decisions and pushed a plan to cut the agency in half. The number came with no analysis behind it, the officials discussed it on auto-deleting Signal messages, and the January non-renewals only stopped because a winter storm rolled in. The remedy is still being negotiated with a filing deadline of October 9, so this is not over. This is general information, not legal advice, and every situation is differ