Judge blocks Trump firings at State Department, says spending bill prohibits cuts right now

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A federal judge halted the State Department’s plans to lay off some employees, ruling late Thursday that the new stopgap spending law passed by Congress to end the shutdown last month prohibits any reduction in the workforce.



