Ellen Mei was interviewed about the food assistance program during the shutdown. She received a termination letter the next day.

Ellen Mei, a federal employee who works on SNAP benefits, said she is being fired after she gave an interview to MSNBC about her and her coworker's experiences during the government shutdown.

The staff changes are part of Trump's campaign to recast the government while sharply cutting other federal jobs

A day after she appeared on MSNBC last month to talk about how millions of Americans could lose food benefits because of the shutdown, the USDA informed Ellen Mei that she was scheduled to be terminated because she shared government information ‘without prior approval.

The USDA employee warned that the shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the federal government to put food on the table.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday indefinitely barred the Trump administration from firing federal employees during the government shutdown, saying that labor unions were likely to prevail on their claims that the cuts were ...