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Meanwhile,
a federal judge in California has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from firing federal employees during the shutdown.
Unions for thousands of federal workers sued.
The judge ruled that she saw sufficient evidence to show that the firings are probably illegal.
But MPR's Andrea Xu says the case is not over.
There will be another hearing on October 28th when the judge will consider indefinitely pausing the layoffs.
Now, temporary restraining orders are meant to be stop-gap measures.
They're not generally appealable, but that hasn't stopped the Trump administration in the past.
So we can expect the administration to fight this pause all the way to the Supreme Court
if it has to.
Already,
the Supreme Court has signaled a willingness to side with the government in cases about the fate of federal employees.
NPR's Andrea Shu reporting.