Judge temporarily blocks Trump from placing 2,200 USAid workers on leave

Forced leaves had already begun when ruling came through, as workers tried to halt dismantling of agencyA federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the US Agency for International Development on paid leave.Carl Nichols, a US district judge and Donald Trump appointee, sided with two federal employee associations in agreeing to a pause in plans to put the employees on paid leave as of midnight Friday. Continue reading...

Judge temporarily blocks Trump from placing 2,200 USAid workers on leave

Forced leaves had already begun when ruling came through, as workers tried to halt dismantling of agency

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the US Agency for International Development on paid leave.

Carl Nichols, a US district judge and Donald Trump appointee, sided with two federal employee associations in agreeing to a pause in plans to put the employees on paid leave as of midnight Friday. Continue reading...