Judge orders Trump administration to pause shutdown layoffs

1. A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to pause planned layoffs of thousands of federal employees.
2. Unions argued that dismissing workers during the government shutdown was illegal and challenged the administration’s actions.
3. Senior US District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco issued the temporary block against the layoffs on Wednesday.
4. The order comes shortly after eight federal agencies, including Commerce and Education, faced imminent layoffs during the shutdown.