What to KnowA federal judge today granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from laying off federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown, which has now stretched to two weeks.Trump has threatened to cut more “Democrat programs” and said he would release a list of priorities on Friday if the government remained closed. The White House Office of Management and Budget said in a social media post it was preparing for more layoffs.The government shutdown is delaying another major economic report: the Labor Department’s monthly inflation data. The figures are needed for the government to calculate the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, which is also delayed.The conservative-majority Supreme Court today appeared open to undermining the landmark Voting Rights Act in a congressional redistricting case from Louisiana.
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