A federal judge moved up a deadline for the Trump administration to show how it is complying with her order halting layoffs during the government shutdown, as legal battles over the administration’s reductions in force enter a new phase while the congressional fight over government funding remains stalled.
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, blocked the Trump administration from going forward with layoffs of government workers during the shutdown on Wednesday but later moved up a deadline for the administration to detail its reduction-in-force plans and how administration officials are complying with her order to halt those RIFs.
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