1 Of 2 Suits Over USAID Layoffs Dismissed For Lack Of Jurisdiction

( July 29, 2025, 2:12 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in the District of Columbia in a single opinion granted a motion to dismiss one complaint brought by two unions and one humanitarian group challenging the placement of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees on administrative leave, citing a lack of jurisdiction, and denied in a second similar complaint a union’s motion for preliminary injunction, citing a “likely” lack of jurisdiction....