The move is the latest in a concerted effort by the Trump administration to shut down the US international aid agency.

U.S. officials took down the signs outside USAID. It's part of the Trump administration's push to shrink the size of the federal government.

Attorneys representing the Trump administration confirmed Friday that upwards of 2,200 employees, many of whom are stationed overseas, would have been put on administrative leave Friday night, absent the court’s intervention.

A federal judge temporarily barred USAID from putting 2,200 workers on paid leave after employee groups filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s authority to shut down the agency.

District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, sided with two federal employee associations in agreeing to a pause.