India, Feb. 14 -- US district judge Carl Nichols on Thursday extended a stay on President Donald Trump's order that would leave most USAID employees out of a job, for another week.

District judge Carl Nichols, extended the pause on Thursday, after a three-hour hearing on how the Donald Trump administrations orders to put thousands of workers on leave and freeze foreign aid funding, would detrimentally affect employees, according to an Associated Press report.

The judge also said that he planned to issue a written ruling soon on whether the pause will continue.

Nichols, who was appointed by Donald Trump, questioned the government's abrupt decision that would leave employees overseas in high-risk situations without homes or agency fundin...