Judge pauses Trump plan to put USAID staff on leave (1 Viewer)

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    Kevin Breuninger, CNBC

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    A federal judge on Friday said he would temporarily 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 were set to be placed on leave Friday night at 11:59 p.m. ET, as part of President Donald Trump's efforts to shut down the independent government agency.

    Five hundred USAID workers are already on administrative leave, a lawyer for the U.S. Department of Justice said in court.

    Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, delivered the...

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