A federal judge in California extended a pause on widespread layoffs in the federal workforce, keeping President Donald Trump’s overhaul of the public sector at bay.
Judge Susan Illston of the US District Court for the Northern District of California late Thursday issued a preliminary injunction freezing the layoffs while a lawsuit against the government proceeds, delaying the firing of thousands of federal workers.
Illston May 9 had temporarily prohibited the administration from firing government employees, but that order was set to expire on Friday.
The administration appealed the order to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ...
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