A federal court judge said he would block the U.S. Agency for International Development from placing 2,200 employees on administrative leave at 11:59 pm Friday, as had been originally planned.
Judge Carl Nichols said he would issue what he called a “very limited” temporary restraining order Friday night. The hearing came just a day after the American Foreign Service Association and the American Federation of Government Employees, two unions representing USAID employees, filed a lawsuit alleging that the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID was unconstitutional.
“There will be zero harm to the state” from pausing the employment-related actions for a short period of time, Nichols said.
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Adva Saldinger@AdvaSal
Adva Saldinger is a Senior Reporter at Devex where she covers development finance, as well as U.S. foreign aid policy. Adva explores the role the private sector and private capital play in development and authors the weekly Devex Invested newsletter bringing the latest news on the role of business and finance in addressing global challenges. A journalist with more than 10 years of experience, she has worked at several newspapers in the U.S. and lived in both Ghana and South Africa.
