The Trump administration announced earlier this month it was placing most of the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) worldwide staffers on leave. Why it matters: Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has led a swift dismantling of the world's largest humanitarian aid organization over objections from Democrats and NGOs.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, an appointee of President Donald Trump, dealt the administration a setback Friday in its dismantling of the agency, temporarily halting plans to pull all but a fraction of USAID staffers off the job worldwide.