US District Judge Christopher R. Cooper, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, ruled against the National #Treasury Employees #Union & 4 other #labor organizations that requested a temporary halt to the #Trump / #ElonMusk #MassFirings while a lawsuit challenging them is pending. More than half a million federal workers could lose their #jobs through the Trump admin’s firings & a separate program of deferred resignations, or buyouts, the unions said in legal filings.