USAID, Carl J. Nichols

US judge clears way for USAID to put more than 2,000 employees on leave
A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to put more than 2,000 U.S. Agency for International Development workers on leave, a setback for government employee unions that are suing over what they have called an effort to dismantle the foreign aid agency.
Judge gives go-ahead for the Trump administration to gut USAID's workforce
A federal judge paved the way for the Trump administration to move forward with plans to remove thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers from their jobs.
Judge clears path to pull USAID personnel off the job
A Trump-appointed judge on Friday greenlighted the administration’s plans to place thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees on administrative leave and recall many
Federal judge clears way for mass dismissal of USAID employees
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols lifted a temporary restraining order that protected over 2,000 USAID employees from termination.
Judge clears way for Trump administration to pull thousands of USAID staffers off the job
Federal judge removes his temporary block on the Trump administration's effort to remove all but a small fraction of USAID staffers from their posts.
Judge lets Trump administration proceed with mass recall of USAID workers overseas
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said initial claims that agency staffers and their families could be in physical danger proved to be “overstated.”
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Judge Rules Trump Can Demolish USAID as He Pleases
A federal judge has allowed Donald Trump to proceed with gutting the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Judge Lets Trump Administration Resume Wind-Down of USAID Operations
A court finds that the harms employees faced weren’t enough to warrant halting the White House’s efforts to overhaul the agency.
US Judge gives Trump’s administration clearance to dismantle USAID
A United States federal judge on Friday removed a hurdle for one of President Donald Trump’s administration’s remaining steps in its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID.
Who is Carl Nichols, judge who extended stay on Trump's order to fire USAID staffers?
The judge handed the administration a setback last week as well by temporarily halting the plans that would have put ...
Judge lifts hold blocking USAID from putting thousands of workers on leave
A federal judge said the Trump adminsitration had convinced him the workers had overstated the harms they faced.
US Judge Dissolves TRO, Denies Additional Relief in USAID Employee Litigation
"[P]laintiffs have presented no irreparable harm they or their members are imminently likely to suffer from the hypothetical future dissolution of USAID," U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols wrote in ...
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Judge, convinced of overseas employees’ safety, denies injunction against USAID
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols’ ruling Friday clears the way for the Trump administration to place the vast majority of ...
USAID employees ask a judge to keep blocking Trump’s effort to pull most of them off the job
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated by Trump, handed the administration and billionaire ally Elon Musk a ...