India, July 2 -- A federal judge has decided not to block the Trump administration from moving ahead with FEMA job cuts. The decision means FEMA can continue making staffing changes while the court case continues. But the question is why did the judge refuse to stop the layoffs?

The U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said the situation had changed before she gave her decision. FEMA told the court that it was no longer following a blanket policy of refusing to renew all temporary workers' contracts. Because FEMA changed its approach, the judge said there was no immediate reason to issue an emergency order stopping the job cuts. Judge Illston wrote that although the unions' concerns were valid, there was no evidence that FEMA was still refu...