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Judge temporarily blocks 2,200 USAID workers from being placed on leave by midnight
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A Trump-appointed judge said at an emergency hearing on Friday that he would put a temporary block on the administration's plan to put 2,200 USAID, the U.S. Agency for International Development, employees on paid leave by midnight, Fox News has learned.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols sided with two federal employee associations – the American Foreign Service Association and the American Federation of Government Employees – who filed lawsuits over the order on Thursday.
Government officials "failed to acknowledge the catastrophic consequences of their actions, both as they pertain to American workers, the lives of millions around the world, and to US national interests," the lawsuit says.
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