A federal judge ordered a temporary halt on Wednesday (October 15, 2025) to the layoffs by the Trump administration of thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown, U.S. media reported.

District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco issued the temporary restraining order in response to a suit filed by labor unions claiming the layoffs are illegal, The Washington Post and other outlets said.

Ms. Illston issued her order shortly after the White House said it will likely lay off at least 10,000 federal workers during the shutdown.

“I think we’ll probably end up being north of 10,000,” White House Office of Management and Budget chief Russ Vought said in an interview with the Charlie Kirk show.

“We want to be very aggressive where we can be in shuttering the bureaucracy,” M

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