RIF plans have been frozen for two weeks, but federal court suggests they are unconstitutional and implementation will remain prohibited indefinitely.

A federal judge has blocked President Trump’s mass layoffs at the Education Department after California, Democrat-led states, school districts and education groups sued.

On May 22, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from closing the Education Department. The preliminary injunction issued by District Court Judge Myong J. Joun in Massachusetts reinstated 1,300 Education Department employees and restored “the Department to the status quo.”

A federal judge ruled the department’s DOGE team could access sensitive financial information on millions of Americans, but must be vetted and trained first.

The Trump administration has made a habit of asking the high court to intervene through emergency appeals, bypassing lower courts. That’s an unusual and “amazing act of appellate practice” and a sharp departure from the norm, said Craig Green, a professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled Tuesday that 14 states can proceed with their claims against Musk and DOGE.

Current and former federal employees are struggling to get their workplace benefits, including health insurance and pension payments, amid President Donald Trump’s chaotic efforts to reduce the size of the US government.

Progressive legal organizations are suing to stop the Trump administration from winding down the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties as well as two ombudsmen focused on immigration.