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A federal judge has once again extended a pause on the Trump administration's plan

to put thousands of workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development

on paid leave. NPR's Hansi Luong reports that the judge is expected to release another ruling

on the controversial plan next week. For now, the Trump administration is still blocked from putting

more than 2,000 USAID workers on leave. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols is now set to decide whether that continues past February

21st.

That uncertainty is wrecking havoc among many USAID employees, especially those stationed overseas,

says Susan Reichley, a retired senior career officer for the agency.

People are living in fear because it's not as though they come home and they have a house to return to and their kids automatically go into a school.

They have no idea what their future holds.

In court, the Trump administration argues it's conducting a review of USAID's work to make sure it's aligned with Trump's foreign policy.

But its challengers say the administration is overstepping its limited

authority over an independent federal agency created by Congress. Hansi Luong in Pure News, Washington.

More than 1,000 federal workers received a layoff notice this Thursday, mostly in the Department

of Veterans Affairs. Up to 100 employees at the Embattled Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

were also notified that their

jobs were being cut. Most of the CFPB workers appear to be recent hires. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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