JUST IN: Another HUGE Court Win For President Trump & DOGE

A federal judge has just handed President Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE yet another big win in court.

Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols ruled that the Trump administration can move forward with mass firings at USAID.

Nichols denied the USAID contractors’ request to block the Trump administration from firing them, determining that it would not cause “irreparable harm.”

The ruling will allow for the termination of around 800 USAID contractors — great news for President Trump and DOGE’s mission to dismantle the corrupt agency.

Check out the news:

Judge Nichols has *denied* USAID contractors an emergency restraining order blocking the mass termination of their contracts, saying they haven't shown the type of "irreparable" harm that warrants relief.

It's essentially a contract dispute, he said in court this AM.

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 6, 2025

🚨JUST ANNOUNCED: Good Thursday. Federal Judge Carl Nichols just ruled President Trump can move forward with dismantling USAID. Elon and DOGE can continue auditing for WE THE PEOPLE! Next, abolish the Department of Education! Visit Fort Knox! pic.twitter.com/zd2sglX6uE

— AJ Huber (@Huberton) March 6, 2025

WIN: Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, ruled today that the Trump administration can terminate nearly 800 USAID contractors pic.twitter.com/gYMQRPYUVy

— Bella (@stockbella) March 6, 2025

More details from The Hill:

A federal judge on Thursday declined to immediately spare U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contractors from mass firings, letting move forward a core part of the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle the agency.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said USAID’s personal services contractors failed to prove they face irreparable harm and a likelihood of success on the merits, denying their motion for a temporary restraining order that would have returned fired contractors to employment and allowed them to resume work.

The judge said any harm the contractors face is “directly traceable” to changes the government has made to their contracts, suggesting relief should be sought through a different avenue.

The Personal Services Contractor Association, an advocacy group for U.S. personal services contractors, sued the Trump administration last month to insulate the contractors from efforts to tear down the agency.

In court filings, lawyers for the contractors said notices of contract termination had been distributed to “possibly hundreds” of the roughly 1,110 contractors who work for USAID, some 46 percent of whom work overseas.

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“The destruction of USAID is now imminent,” said Carolyn Shapiro, a lawyer for the challengers, during a hearing on the matter Wednesday.

A federal judge on Thursday denied a request from U.S. Agency for International Development contractors to issue a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s mass termination of their contracts.

The Personal Service Contractor Association, an advocacy group for U.S. personal services contractors employed by USAID, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration last month after the secretary of state issued a stop-work order for all foreign assistance and contracts.