Nonilex<p>The admin laid off hundreds of contract employees & put permanent workers on indefinite leave, citing a Mar 14 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p>Last month, US Dist Court Snr Judge Royce C. Lamberth ordered <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KariLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KariLake</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a>'s federal parent, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a>, to bring back workers & get the network up & running, as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> intended through <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>. He also ruled that the admin had to restore <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFreeAsia</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEastBroadcastingNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEastBroadcastingNetworks</span></a>, calling their dismemberment "arbitrary & capricious."</p>