Judge pauses Trump's plan to put USAID employees on leave

A federal judge on Friday issued an order temporarily blocking President Trump's plan to place 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on paid leave.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated by President Donald Trump, sided with two federal employee associations in agreeing to a pause in plans to put the employees on paid leave as of midnight Friday.