Judge puts brakes on Trump’s plan to fire USAID workforce hours before midnight purge
Roughly 2,200 workers were set to be placed on leave as Trump seeks to gut global health agency
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Roughly 2,200 workers were set to be placed on leave as Trump seeks to gut global health agency