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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.

A federal judge in San Francisco last night issued a temporary pause in the Trump

administration's plans for mass layoffs of federal workers and the closing of programs.

The judge says the administration's moves are illegal without congressional authorization.

This came in response to a lawsuit filed by a broad coalition of organizations.

And peers, Andrea Shue has more.

The heart of this case is an executive order that Trump signed back in February that lays out what he expects agencies to do.

You know, prepare for large-scale

layoffs, shut down offices whose functions are not mandated by statute.

Well, the government's attorney said the president's executive order merely provides directions

to agencies to carry out what the law already allows them to do.

But in court, the plaintiff's attorney, Danielle Leonard, was not having this.

She told the judge.

No, this is a mandatory order instructing agencies to begin mass layoffs now and to do so in the

manner that the president is directing.

And here's Andrea Shoe reporting. It's the latest in a string of court battles over Trump's

executive power. American and Chinese officials held talks today on tariffs in the Swiss city of Geneva.

The talks will continue tomorrow.

Villa Marx reports this was the first face-to-face communication between senior officials

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