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Judge blocks Tr*mp administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave

A federal judge blocked the Tr*mp administration from orchestrating its plan to place 2,200 employees of the United States Agency for International Development on leave at midnight [02-07-2025].

In an order late Friday, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols -- a Tr*mp appointee -- issued a temporary restraining that prevents Tr*mp and the Department of Government Efficiency from placing the employees on administrative leave as had been planned.

The judge also ordered the reinstatement of some 500 USAID workers who had already been put on administrative leave and ordered that no USAID employees should be evacuated from their host countries before Feb. 14 [2025] at 11:59 p.m.

The judge's order came several hours after a hearing Friday afternoon during which Nichols said he would issue the temporary restraining order. [Excerpted from ABC News. Remainder omitted.]

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US judge temporarily blocks M*sk's DOGE from accessing payment systems

A federal judge early Saturday [02-08-2025] temporarily blocked billionaire Elon M*sk's government efficiency team from accessing government systems used to process trillions of dollars in payments, citing a risk that sensitive information could be improperly disclosed.

U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan issued the order after a coalition of Democratic attorneys general from 19 U.S. states filed a lawsuit late Friday arguing M*sk's Department of Government Efficiency has no legal power to access the U.S. Department of Treasury systems.

The ruling also applied to other political appointees of President Donald tr*mp's administration. [Excerpted from Reuters. Remainder omitted.]