February 21, 2025
A Washington, D.C., federal judge Friday refused to grant a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from placing U.S. Agency for International Development employees on leave, halting funding and taking other steps that federal employee unions say are meant to illegally dismantle the foreign assistance agency.
February 13, 2025
A D.C. federal judge extended his temporary restraining order barring USAID from placing thousands of employees on administrative leave for another week on Thursday, saying he needed more time to rule on the plaintiff employees unions' preliminary injunction request to stop the agency's overhaul while the case proceeds.
February 07, 2025
A D.C. federal judge on Friday issued a "limited" temporary restraining order blocking the U.S. Agency for International Development from putting 2,200 employees on paid administrative leave and ordering the agency to reinstate 500 employees already on leave.
February 06, 2025
The Trump administration's illegal decision to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development has caused a global humanitarian crisis, cost thousands of Americans their jobs and threatens U.S. national security, groups representing federal employees and foreign service workers alleged in a federal lawsuit Thursday in Washington, D.C.