{"id":2500137,"date":"2025-10-17T14:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-demands-evidence-trump-administration-is-halting-layoffs-during-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:07:23","slug":"judge-demands-evidence-trump-administration-is-halting-layoffs-during-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-demands-evidence-trump-administration-is-halting-layoffs-during-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge demands evidence Trump administration is halting layoffs during shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-demands-evidence-trump-administration-is-halting-layoffs-during-shutdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2500137&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge has expedited a deadline for the Trump administration to provide evidence that it is indeed complying with an order to halt layoffs of government workers during the ongoing government shutdown. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston blocked the administration&#8217;s plans to proceed with workforce reductions amid the shutdown, expressing concern that if layoffs were to continue, they would represent arbitrary and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-files-overshadow-the-bigger-scandal-fbi-lied-to-tech-giants-to-interfere-in-election\/\" title=\"Twitter Files Overshadow The Bigger Scandal: FBI Lied To Tech Giants To Interfere In Election\u00a0\">politically motivated decision-making<\/a>. The deadline for compliance was moved up after government unions raised concerns that layoffs at the Department of the Interior were still planned despite the court order. This legal dispute over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-low-as-you-can-go-mainstream-media-leftists-attempt-to-pin-plane-disaster-on-trump-quickly-regret-it\/\" title=\"...As Low as You Can Go...: Mainstream Media Leftists Attempt to Pin Plane Disaster on Trump, Quickly Regret It\">federal workforce cuts<\/a> has been ongoing throughout President Trump&#8217;s tenure, with the Supreme Court previously intervening to allow certain reductions. However, this lawsuit specifically challenges layoffs planned during the shutdown, when many workers are furloughed pending congressional funding. As the government shutdown drags on without resolution, tensions between the administration, unions, and courts continue to escalate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge demands evidence Trump administration is halting layoffs during shutdown<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2369728\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A federal judge moved up a deadline for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump administration<\/a> to show how they are complying with her order halting layoffs during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">government shutdown<\/a>, as legal battles over the administration&rsquo;s reductions in force enter a new phase while the congressional fight over government funding remains stalled.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, blocked the Trump administration from going forward with layoffs of government workers during the shutdown on Wednesday, but later moved up a deadline for the administration to detail its reduction-in-force plans and how administration officials are complying with her order to halt those RIFs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3854954\/gop-lawmakers-refer-jack-smith-to-doj\/\">GOP lawmakers refer Jack Smith to DOJ for misconduct investigation, possible disbarment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3854758\/john-bolton-likens-trump-to-stalin-before-surrender\/\">John Bolton pleads not guilty to charges in classified documents case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3853827\/texas-antifa-members-indicted-on-terrorism-charges-for-ice-attack-first-time-ever\/\">Texas antifa members indicted on terrorism charges for ICE attack: &#8216;First time ever&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The deadline for the administration to prove compliance with the Wednesday order was set for 8 p.m.  Friday but was moved up six hours to 2 p.m. EDT, with a 6 p.m. EDT status conference scheduled. The schedule change came after government unions, citing &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sports-illustrated-created-articles-using-ai-generated-authors-magazine-says-content-came-from-third-party\/\" title=\"Sports Illustrated used AI-generated authors to create articles, according to the magazine, which sourced the content from a third-party\">multiple credible sources<\/a>,&rdquo; expressed concerns in a <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.457131\/gov.uscourts.cand.457131.59.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filing<\/a> Thursday that the administration was still planning to go forward with layoffs next week at the Department of the Interior.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Illston, in her Wednesday&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.457131\/gov.uscourts.cand.457131.56.0_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">order<\/a>, described the Trump administration&rsquo;s use of a government shutdown to permanently cut the federal workforce as unusual, arguing that if the unions&rsquo; allegations about the layoffs are true, the administration&rsquo;s actions are the &ldquo;epitome of hasty, arbitrary and capricious decisionmaking.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is also far from normal for an administration to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fire line-level civilian employees<\/a> during a<br \/>government shutdown as a way to punish the opposing political party. But this is precisely what<br \/>President Trump has announced he is doing,&rdquo; Illston said in her order.<\/p>\n<p>The pause of mass layoffs during the government is the latest twist in a legal saga over Trump administration federal workforce cuts, which have spanned the entire time the president has been back in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has already stepped in multiple times to overrule lower court judges who have tried to stop Trump&rsquo;s federal workforce cuts.<\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaigns-seize-on-government-shutdown-to-bolster-candidates\/\" title=\"Campaigns seize on ... to bolster candidates\">mass layoff plan<\/a> for the federal government was blocked earlier this year by a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, but the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3465931\/supreme-court-federal-firings-trump-plan-cut-federal-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lifted<\/a> that order via its emergency docket in July.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks after the Supreme Court allowed that mass layoff plan to proceed, the high court again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3470699\/supreme-court-allows-education-department-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lifted<\/a> a block on a Trump administration reduction-in-force plan, specifically for the Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3853907\/appeals-court-rejects-trumps-evidence-of-violent-chicago-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">APPEALS COURT REJECTS TRUMP&rsquo;S EVIDENCE OF VIOLENT CHICAGO PROTESTS, BLOCKS NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While those layoffs had been permitted prior to the shutdown, the lawsuit before Illston deals with Trump administration plans to cut jobs during it &mdash; when a significant number of workers are furloughed until Congress passes a spending package to reopen the government. The administration has warned it would pursue permanent layoffs during the shutdown, prompting government unions to file the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>As both Republicans and Democrats in Congress dig in, the government shutdown does not appear to have an end in sight, nearly three weeks after funding expired.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge orders proof Trump halts layoffs amid shutdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2500138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25272777041233_ee109f.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50990,50433,7970,32640],"class_list":["post-2500137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-evidence-2","tag-judge-2","tag-layoffs","tag-trump-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25272777041233_ee109f.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2500137"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2500141,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500137\/revisions\/2500141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2500138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2500137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2500137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2500137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}