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• Most major agencies are now indefinitely barred from issuing mass layoffs - May 23, 2025

• By Eric Katz, Government Executive

  The Trump administration is indefinitely barred from issuing or finalizing widespread layoffs at most major federal agencies after a judge late Thursday night issued a preliminary injunction finding the president likely acted outside his legal and constitutional powers.
  
  The order extends a two-week temporary restraining order Judge Susan Illston for the Northern District of California had previously put in place and prohibits much of the Trump administration from implementing its planned reorganization efforts. The federal agencies named in the case cannot issue any new reductions in force, nor can they finalize those they have already issued by actually terminating any individual’s employment.

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