USAID, Carl J. Nichols and Trump

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.
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 Trump the go-ahead to continue putting USAID employees on leave
Judge Carl Nichols in a Friday ruling allowed President Donald Trump's staff reductions in the US Agency for International Development to proceed.
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
Judge paves way for Trump to put over 2,000 USAID staff on leave
A federal judge on Friday denied a request to block President Donald Trump from placing thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development employees on administrative leave, paving the way to place an additional 2,
Judge denies bid to block Trump administration from placing USAID workers on leave
President Trump has targeted the U.S. Agency for International Development as part of his plan to shrink the size of the federal government.
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.”
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 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.
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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.
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.
'Assertions of harm were overstated': Judge dissolves his own restraining order and denies injunction in big win for Trump admin effort to 'dismantle' USAID
"But at present, the agency is still standing," U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols wrote. The post ‘Assertions of harm were ...