A billboard outside the State Department on July 11, 2025 in Washington. Saule Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said in a court hearing that she would block the State Department and the Department of Education from cutting about 250 and 150 jobs, respectively.
The decision comes after a lawsuit filed in October by labor unions challenging the Trump administration’s federal workforce reduction plan.
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