Judge extends ban on Trump firing federal workers during government shutdown

A federal judge on Tuesday extended a temporary order blocking the Trump administration’s plans to fire thousands of federal employees during the government shutdown.

The order, called a preliminary injunction, prohibits the administration from issuing so-called reduction-in-force orders until the government reopens, Judge Susan Illston said during a hearing in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.

Illston had previously imposed a short-term firing freeze, known as a temporary restraining order, on Oct. 15.

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