A federal judge has intervened to stop President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk's plans for massive layoffs in the federal government. This move comes as a response to a directive from the White House aimed at reorganizing the federal workforce,

An emergency ruling by a federal judge in California amounted to the broadest effort yet to halt the Trump administration’s overhaul of the federal government.

The Trump administration must temporarily cease from engaging in widespread layoffs and firings for government workers, a California federal court ruled.