A federal judge dealt a blow Friday to President Donald Trump's plan to gut the U.S. Agency for International Development.
America's main agency tasked with administering humanitarian aid to other countries is reportedly slashing its workforce from 10,000 to fewer than 300.
The agency was set to be all but eliminated by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, the task force charged with slashing trillions out of the federal government and fulfilling a major campaign promise of Trump.
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USAID was said to be left with just 12 people in the agency’s Africa bureau and 8 people in its Asia bureau.
But on Friday, a federal judge said he would pause the midnight deadline for the agency's gutting, NBC News reported.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols shared his decision from the bench after a hearing in Washington D.C.
The news comes a day after two unions sued the Trump administration, seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction ordering the administration to pause the shutdown.
