Axios

The Energy Department, along with EPA and NOAA, hired back many probationary employees who had been laid off in a round of cuts last month.

Why it matters: The step taken Monday is being done to comply with recent court rulings that held the workers' firings were illegally carried out.

Wind-driven wildfires in Oklahoma have killed at least four people and resulted in 142 others being taken to local hospitals with fire-related injuries, the state's Department of Emergency Management said Sunday.

The big picture: The fires that have razed at least 170,000 acres after igniting Friday are tied to the same giant storm system that brought tornadoes to the U.S. South, per Axios' Andrew Freedman.