Washington: A federal judge has cleared the way for the Trump administration to pull thousands of US Agency for International Development staffers off the

A United States federal judge on Friday removed a hurdle for one of President Donald Trump's administration’s remaining steps in its dismantling of the

US District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington lifted a temporary restraining order he had put in place at the outset of the case and declined to issue a longer-term order keeping the employees in their posts.

His ruling comes in a legal case filed by unions on behalf of workers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for one of the Trump administration's remaining steps in its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, allowing

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols lifts temporary block on Trump administration's USAID staff removal, sparking legal challenges and chaos.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for one of the Trump administration’s remaining steps in its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, allowing it to move forward with pulling thousands of USAID staffers off the job in the United States and around the world.

In a Friday ruling Judge Carl Nichols allowed President Donald Trump to resume putting USAID employees on leave.Nichols reversed a prior order halting the

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency have moved swiftly to shutter USAID, asserting without evidence that its work is wasteful and out of line with the president’s agenda.

A federal judge in Washington has allowed President Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers to move forward.

The Judge decided he could not grant a motion from unions representing the workers to temporarily block the layoffs.

Court orders have had only limited effect in the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.