A New York-based federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration's plan to shut down the Job Corps program, a residential job training initiative for low-income youth. The ruling prohibits the U.S. Department of Labor from suspending most of the Job Corps centers while litigation over the closure is ongoing. The judge emphasized that Congress created and funded the program, and the Department of Labor cannot unilaterally decide to end it. This injunction was initially nationwide, but subsequent judicial guidance narrowed it to cover only the centers named in the complaint in the Southern District of New York, citing the Supreme Court's Casa decision against nationwide injunctions. The decision temporarily prevents the closure of the taxpayer-funded program, which serves thousands of vulnerable youth, until the lawsuit is resolved.