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- Judge Susan Illston ruled U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration illegally ordered FEMA to halve its staff.
- A 2005 post-Katrina law bars DHS from reducing FEMA’s authority, responsibilities, or functions.
- The American Federation of Government Employees sued, saying the cuts would cripple FEMA’s mission.
- Illston ordered the parties to submit briefs on union relief by next month.
- FEMA projected 11,383 employees for the next fiscal year, half its prior staffing level.