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Judge pauses Trump plan to put USAID staff on leave

A U.S. Judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's plan to place 2,200 USAID workers on paid leave, just hours before it was set to take effect.
The restraining order, issued by Judge Carl Nichols, will remain in effect until February 14 and reinstates employees already placed on administrative leave.
The ruling prevents the Trump administration from continuing efforts to dismantle USAID, a key agency providing global aid, including health programs.
The legal battle over USAID's future continues, with a hearing on a longer-term pause scheduled for Wednesday.

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Judge pauses Trump plan from placing thousands of USAID workers on leave

A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump's plan to place thousands of USAID workers on leave. This decision came after a lawsuit was filed by two foreign service unions against the Trump administration. Judge Carl Nichols blocked an order that would have required overseas workers to move their families back to the U.S. within 30 days at government expense, citing risks and expenses to the workers and their families. The judge al…

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A federal judge on Friday dealt President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk their first big setback in their dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, ordering a temporary halt to plans to pull thousands of agency staffers off the job. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, also agreed to block an order that would have given the thousands of overseas USAID workers the administration wanted to place on …

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