Judge puts brakes on Trump’s plan to fire USAID workforce hours before midnight purge
- Posted on February 7, 2025
- By The Independent
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Judge puts brakes on Trump’s plan to fire USAID workforce hours before midnight purge
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Roughly 2,200 workers were set to be placed on leave as Trump seeks to gut global health agency