ID ); $exclude_types = array( '' ); $exclude_types = apply_filters( 'eat_exclude_types', $exclude_types ); // do nothing if the post has already a featured image set if ( $already_has_thumb ) { return; } // do the job if the post is not from an excluded type if ( ! in_array( $post_type, $exclude_types ) ) { // get first attached image $img = rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ); $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid( $img ); if ( $attachment_id ) { // add attachment ID add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id, true ); } } } // set featured image before post is displayed (for old posts) add_action( 'the_post', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); // hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too add_action( 'new_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'pending_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'future_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); function rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ) { // Find the images in the post_content. $output = preg_match_all( '//i', $post->post_content, $matches ); $first_img = isset( $matches[1][0] ) ? $matches[1][0]:''; // if no images found, do nothing if ( empty ( $first_img ) ) { return false; } return $first_img; } } Special Counsel Moves to Block Some Trump Admin Probationary Layoffs – BCI 24 News Network
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Special Counsel Moves to Block Some Trump Admin Probationary Layoffs

25 February 2025 10:21 PM
BCI 24 News Network

Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger has asked a board to pause the dismissal of a number of federal workers because he has determined that the terminations violated federal law, Dellinger’s office said on Feb. 24.
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) requested that the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board block the termination of six workers, according to filings disclosed on Monday.
The termination of those workers, along with some other probationary status employees, was “issued to reduce the numbers of overall employees rather than because the Complainants failed to meet expectations during their trial periods,” Dellinger’s office told the board in a request for a stay….