Reuters said Northern California District Judge Susan Illston sided with a group of unions, nonprofits, and local governments and blocked large-scale mass layoffs known as "reductions in force" for 14 days.

President Donald Trump's administration must temporarily halt efforts to implement a February 26 executive order that directed government agencies to develop reorganization plans and to prepare for large-scale staffing cuts,

A federal judge issued a ruling Friday ordering a temporary pause in the Trump administration’s plan to slash various agencies and fire tens of thousands of federal workers. U.S.