A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from carrying out mass layoffs within the Department of Education.

The injunction comes nearly two months after President Donald Trump directed Education Secretary Linda McMahon “to take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure (of) the Department of Education and return education authority to the States, while continuing to ensure the effective and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely.”

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A group of education groups, including the American Federation of Teachers, sued the Trump administration claiming that the shutdown of the department was illegal, and that

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