Federal Judge Blocks Trump From More Layoffs During Shutdown

Sean James Oct 15th, 2025, 2:49 pm

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from laying off more government employees, after the administration had already pushed to cut thousands of workers during the U.S. government shutdown.

Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. district court’s northern district in California made the ruling. Illston, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1995, said the Trump Administration was thoughtlessly going about its layoffs.

“It’s very much ready, fire, aim on most of these programs, and it has a humancost,” Judge Illston said. “It’s a human cost that cannot be tolerated.”

The judge’s ruling comes after a number of unions argued the “firin

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