A United States district judge issued a temporary restraining order on Friday halting key aspects of the Trump administration's extensive efforts to reduce the federal workforce.Reuters said Northern California District Judge Susan Illston sided with a group of unions,

Mass layoffs: A federal judge in California called for a two-week pause in the Trump administration’s mass layoff plans, barring two dozen agencies from moving forward with the largest phase of the president’s downsizing efforts, which the judge said was illegal without Congress’s authorization. Read more ›