Judge pauses Trump administration effort to gut USAID's workforce by thousands

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  Judge blocks Trump plan to put thousands of USAID staff on leave

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  Judge blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave

  A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from orchestrating its plan to place more than 2,000 USAID employees on leave at midnight.
  
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• Judge blocks Trump's plan to put thousands of USAID workers on leave for now

  A federal judge has blocked, at least temporarily, drastic cuts at USAID, but the impact of what the Trump administration is doing is already having serious ripple effects. Margaret Brennan explains.
  
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• Judge pauses Trump’s efforts to put thousands of USAID workers on leave

  The agency earlier told staff only several hundred employees would remain as the administration cuts foreign aid
  
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• Judge pauses Trump plan to put USAID staff on leave

  Judge Carl Nichols said he would be entering a "very limited" temporary restraining order directed at the 2,200 at-risk USAID workers.
  
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  Judge pauses Trump administration effort to gut USAID's workforce by thousands

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