A federal judge on Monday paused the Department of Homeland Security’s effort to end the collective bargaining agreement covering tens of thousands of transportation security officers at airports.

A federal judge has blocked President Trump’s mass layoffs at the Education Department after California, Democrat-led states, school districts and education groups sued.

The Trump administration has made a habit of asking the high court to intervene through emergency appeals, bypassing lower courts. That’s an unusual and “amazing act of appellate practice” and a sharp departure from the norm, said Craig Green, a professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled Tuesday that 14 states can proceed with their claims against Musk and DOGE.

Progressive legal organizations are suing to stop the Trump administration from winding down the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties as well as two ombudsmen focused on immigration.