About 2,200 USAID employees were set to be placed on leave Friday night at 11:59 p.m. ET, as part of President Donald Trump's efforts to shut down the independent government agency.

The Trump administration's controversial plan to put thousands of staffers for the U.S. Agency for International Development on paid leave will remain on pause at least through Feb. 21, a federal ...

The judge issued a restraining order that would block 2,200 employees from being put on administrative leave as was scheduled ...

A federal judge on Friday said he would temporarily pause the Trump administration's plan to place thousands of workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development on administrative leave ...

Judge Carl Nichols said he would be entering a “very limited” temporary restraining order directed at the 2,200 at-risk USAID workers.