In an opinion issued late Thursday night, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston wrote that the president and department agency ...

The preliminary injunction granted by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston covers 21 federal agencies and the White House's Department of Government Efficiency and prevents them from implementing ...

The preliminary injunction replaces a temporary restraining order that was set to expire Friday, and bars agencies from ...

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RIF plans have been frozen for two weeks, but federal court suggests they are unconstitutional and implementation will remain ...

In her order, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said the president may not initiate large-scale executive branch reorganization without approval from Congress.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to lift a judge’s order blocking mass layoffs at 21 federal ...

Judge Mary McElroy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island on Friday extended a temporary restraining order she had issued in April regarding pandemic-era funding. Other Trump ...

In their Complaint, the Plaintiff States emphasize that the department was both created by Congress via statutory enactments ...

Illston agreed with the plaintiffs, asserting in the hearing that Supreme Court precedent makes clear ... relief as agencies had already begun mass layoffs. Already, the plaintiffs' lawyers ...

HHS Secretary ... nor can they use layoffs to diminish agency capacity below statutory requirements,” the states said in their complaint to the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island, where ...

The lawsuit — filed in Rhode Island federal court by New York, California, 17 other states and Washington, D.C. — claims the Trump administration has sought to "dismantle" HHS through layoffs ...