Second judge rules against Trump federal layoffs, orders administration to rehire fired workers

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The Trump administration suffered another judicial setback on Thursday night regarding the layoffs of federal workers.

In a ruling late Thursday, U.S. District Judge James Bredar blocked the administration’s order of mass layoffs of probationary federal workers, multiple sources reported. It was the second such ruling against the president’s job cuts that day. 

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