A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily halt mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau after an appeals court had previously narrowed an earlier injunction.

A U.S. district judge in San Francisco on Friday ordered the Trump administration to provide probationary workers fired en masse a written statement saying they were not terminated for performance reasons,

Key Points ・A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to fire 90 percent of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s workforce. ・The judge expressed concern that the administration was ignoring an earlier court order requiring a clear legal basis before layoffs.