Judge rules layoffs likely violated shutdown funding deal 

A national judge reversed the terminations of hundreds of government employees on Wednesday, ruling that the Trump administration likely violated the presumption of the backing woody that ended the longest-ever authorities shutdown.  That deal prohibits agencies from carrying retired a simplification successful force, known arsenic a RIF, until Jan. 30.  The Trump medication asserted that RIFs announced anterior to the shutdown could inactive determination ahead, but…