The judge temporarily barred USAID from putting 2,200 workers on paid leave after employee groups filed a lawsuit challenging the administration’s authority to shut down the agency.

A US judge on Friday said he would pause plans to place 2,200 US Agency for International Development employees on leave, as part of a temporary limited

The largest U.S. government workers' union and an association of foreign service workers sued the Trump administration on Thursday in an effort to reverse its aggressive dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The judge stressed his order was not a decision on the employees' request to roll back the administration’s swiftly moving destruction of the agency.

The Trump administration’s rapid moves to dismantle the US Agency for International Development have left thousands of workers scrambling to figure out what comes next and scores of those posted in dangerous hotspots around the world afraid for their safety.

Workers removed signage for the United States Agency for International Development at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Friday. References to the agency outside of the building were also covered with black tape.

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal employees by offering them financial incentives

This decision follows a lawsuit filed by the largest U.S. government workers' union and a labor union representing foreign service employees.