Judge Deals Major Blow to Trump’s Plot to Mass-Fire Federal Employees

A federal judge has issued a scathing order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to put a hold on its plans to fire tens of thousands of federal employees while the mass layoffs are challenged in court. Judge Susan Illston had previously ordered the administration not to fire employees or close offices at 22 federal agencies for two weeks while she heard preliminary evidence in the case. On Thursday, she granted an injunction...