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highplainsdem

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Fri May 9, 2025, 10:09 PM May 9

Judge halts drastic cuts to agencies being done under Trump executive order [View all]

Source: CNN

A federal judge is halting the Trump administration from carrying out, under a February executive order, mass firings or major reorganizations of multiple agencies going forward.

Senior District Judge Susan Illston granted a temporary restraining order sought by federal employee unions and outside organizations that rely on federal services, who argued the administration was acting outside the bounds of the law. The judge’s order, which lasts two weeks, blocks the administration’s approval or implementation of plans –- known as Agency RIF and Reorganization Plans, or ARRPs –- for conducting mass layoffs and for shrinking or eliminating entire components of an agency.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/politics/judge-halts-agency-cuts-trump-executive-order



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