Trump’s USAID staff plan paused by federal judge

About 2,200 USAID employees were set to be placed on leave Friday night at 11:59 p.m. ET.

Judge Carl Nichols delivered the ruling after hearing arguments from the Trump administration and two groups representing federal workers in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

The two groups, the American Foreign Service Association and the American Federation of Government Employees, had asked Nichols to order the Trump administration “to immediately cease actions to shut down USAID’s operations.”

But Nichols said Friday afternoon that he would be entering a “very limited” temporary restraining order directed at the 2,200 at-risk USAID workers.

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