A federal court has enabled the Trump administration to implement drastic reductions within the U.S. Agency for International Development (U.S.A.I.D.). Judge Carl J. Nichols dismissed a lawsuit from the American Foreign Service Association, which argued that mass layoffs and employee recalls would endanger overseas workers and their families. The judge determined that there was insufficient evidence of irreparable harm to sustain the case, allowing plans for over 2,000 employees to be put on administrative leave while halting foreign aid contracts and expenditures.
A federal judge has allowed the Trump administration to proceed with significant workforce reductions at U.S.A.I.D., dismissing a legal challenge from the American Foreign Service Association.
Judge Nichols ruled that the foreign service workers' association had not proven its members would face irreparable harm from the planned layoffs and operational changes at U.S.A.I.D.
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