
Appeals court won’t let Trump move forward with mass firings at several agencies as legal challenge plays out
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President Donald Trump’s plans to conduct mass firings at multiple agencies will remain on hold after a federal appeals court declined his administration’s request to freeze a lower court’s order that halted the terminations at more than a dozen agencies.
President Donald Trump’s plans to conduct mass firings at multiple agencies will remain on hold after a federal appeals court declined his administration’s request to freeze a lower court’s order that halted the terminations at more than a dozen agencies. The new order from the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is a major setback for Trump in his efforts to drastically shrink the federal government. His plans for the sweeping layoffs – known as reductions in force, or RIFs – have been on hold since May 9, after US District Judge Susan Illston ruled that Trump could not do such a dramatic overhaul of federal agencies without congressional intervention. This is a developing story and will be updated.

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