U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols has ruled that President Donald J. Trump can place almost all of the employees at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on leave, paving the way for the agency’s absorption into the Department of State. Already, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has assumed control over the agency following revelations from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that USAID engaged in the widespread waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars.

“The government’s subsequent submissions have convinced the Court that plaintiffs’ initial assertions of harm were overstated,” Judge Nichols wrote in response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of agency employees. The judge continued: “The Court concludes that plaintiffs have not demonstrated that they or their members will suffer irreparable injury absent an injunction; that their claims are likely to succeed on the merits; or that the balance of the hardships or the public interest strongly favors an injunction. The Court will accordingly deny plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, ECF No. 9, and will dissolve its previously issued temporary restraining order.”

Earlier this month, President Trump ordered nearly all USAID staffers to be pulled from their jobs following a State Department review, which found that only 294 of the agency’s 14,000 employees were essential. The review and leave order came after DOGE found the independent executive agency had squandered billions of taxpayer dollars funding far-left and anti-American non-governmental organizations (NGOs) around the world.

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