A federal judge ... pause the Trump administration's plan to place thousands of workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development on administrative leave. About 2,200 USAID employees ...

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated by Trump, sided with two federal employee associations in agreeing to a pause in plans to put 2,200 employees on paid leave as of midnight Friday.

Trump ordered a 90-day pause ... USAID aimed for 'soft power' but ended up in DOGE's crosshairs. Here's how. USAID itself has been largely dismantled, with much of its staff put on leave or ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has appointed an official from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to head USAID—the very same day a federal judge ruled that DOGE could no longer ...

Pete Marocco, the Trump administration official who played a major role in dismantling the U.S. Agency for International ...

U.S. District Judge Theodore ... that helped Trump win the 2024 election. In February, the Trump administration placed all but a fraction of USAID's worldwide staff on leave and notified at ...

Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday ... to do so," and when some DOGE staff lacked security clearances. Chuang cited one USAID employee on administrative leave who reported that DOGE team ...