Trump Must Halt Layoffs at Three Small Agencies, Judge Says (2)

A Rhode Island District Judge has ordered the Trump administration to cease all layoffs at three small federal agencies.

Chief Judge John McConnell of the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island said in his ruling Tuesday that the states proved they would be irreparably harmed by President Donald Trump‘s March 14 executive order to shutter and shrink several small agencies, granting their motion for a preliminary injunction while the litigation is pending.

The coalition of states sued the administration over Trump’s executive order to eliminate the operations of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the ...