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Judge indefinitely blocks firings of government workers during shutdown

A federal judge in San Francisco indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from firing federal employees during the shutdown, granting a preliminary injunction after concluding unions are likely to prove the mass layoffs illegal and beyond authority. The order halts new or post–Oct. 1 layoff notices; about 4,100 have already gone out since Oct. 10. Labor groups call the firings punitive, while government lawyers say the president has broad power to shrink the workforce. House Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to negotiate until Democrats agree to reopen the government, as the shutdown becomes the nation’s second-longest.

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