Judge blocks Trump from placing thousands of USAID workers on leave

Demonstrators rally against President Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk as they disrupt the federal government, including dismantling the US Agency for International Development, which administers foreign aid approved by Congress (J Scott Applewhite/AP)

A judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the US Agency for International Development on paid leave.

Additionally, the US President’s move would have given agency workers abroad just a 30-day deadline to return to America.