U.S. District Judge James Bredar granted a temporary restraining order against numerous agencies and departments affected by the administration's reduction-in-workforce efforts.

A federal judge in California ordered the immediate rehiring of thousands of probationary workers fired from their jobs at the departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, Interior, Energy, Treasury and Agriculture.

The Trump administration’s attempt to significantly reduce the federal workforce hit a speed bump Thursday after a judge ruled that six federal agencies must “immediately” offer thousands of fired employees their jobs back.