President Donald Trump’s administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston issued the emergency order after federal agencies on Friday started issuing layoff notices aimed at reducing the size of the federal government.

The Trump administration has threatened additional layoffs after announcing roughly 4,000 federal workers would lose their jobs amid the shutdown.

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought.

A US judge ordered President Donald Trump on Wednesday to pause the planned mass layoffs of federal workers during the government shutdown after the White House said it expected to

A federal judge temporarily blocked the latest round of firings from President Donald Trump, finding it was "illegal," an "excess of authority," and was "arbitrary and capricious." Trump and his Office of Management and Budget director,

Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to restrictions on their work imposed by President Donald Trump ’s administration, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Trump’s efforts to lay off thousands of federal employees amid the government shutdown, for now. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, an appointee of former President Clinton,

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown.