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 ...

A federal judge on ... on paid leave, delaying any action while the judge weighs whether to order a longer pause. Two labor unions representing USAID employees sued the Trump administration ...

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.

The order requires the Trump administration to restore email and computer access to all employees of USAID, including those put on administrative leave ... U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ...

The agency notified Congress of its plan to discontinue any USAID functions that do not align with Trump administration priorities and told USAID staff that it would eliminate all positions not ...