A U.S. appeals court on Saturday blocked a lower court ruling that ordered the Trump administration to return 1,000 Voice of America staffers back to work amid efforts to downsize the federal government.
In a 2–1 ruling, a majority of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia wrote that a lower court judge lacked the jurisdiction to order the employees to return to work.
Late last month, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth issued an order for the employees to be allowed to return to work and for the restoration of $15 million in grants for Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks….