Boston US District Judge George O’Toole Jr. said he would pause a deadline requiring all federal employees to either take the buyout offer or return to their offices for work.

A judge halted NIH funding cuts that California and Democratic-run states say could harm life-saving medical research work at UC, Cal State and other universities. The suit said the cuts violated federal law.

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated an order that halted a sweeping freeze on federal funding and ordered the White House to “take every step necessary” to release federally appropriated funds.