A federal judge has issued an emergency order halting the Trump administration’s planned mass layoffs of government workers, including nearly all employees in a key Department of Education program. The ruling comes as part of a legal challenge arguing the dismissals violate federal hiring protections and due process. Legal experts say the decision could delay or reshape the administration’s workforce reductions while the case moves forward. The move affects thousands of civil service employees whose jobs are now temporarily secured pending further court review.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from laying off thousands of government employees, including nearly all of the workers in the Department of Education’s special ...
