Federal court approves temporary injunction blocking Trump administration from mass layoffs. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 15 October
As the US government shutdown grinds into its third week, a federal court has approved a temporary injunction blocking the Trump administration from sacking thousands of federal employees.
The judge ruled the president may have exceeded his authority to try to take advantage of the shutdown.
The decision came after Russ Vought, the director of the office of management and budget (OMB) at the White House, said that more cuts were coming, claiming the firings could be “north of 10,000” workers.
The lawsuit alleged that the OMB, through Vought, violated the law by making firing threats and instructing federal employees to carry out work related to the firings during the shutdown.
