Thousands of employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were set to go on leave Feb. 7, and overseas workers recalled. But those workers will stay on the j

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated by Trump, handed the administration and billionaire ally Elon Musk a setback last week by temporarily halting plans that would have put thousands of workers on leave and given those abroad only 30 days to return to the United States at government expense.

The Trump administration says it is pulling almost all U.S. Agency for International Development workers off the job and out of the field worldwide

A federal judge on Thursday extended a pause on the Trump administration's plan to put thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers on leave until next Friday while he considers a lawsuit by government employees.