Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the strategic coal-mining city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine, but Ukraine's military denied the city had been captured and reported heavy fighting in and around it.

A judge in Massachusetts paused a deadline to decide on whether to take the buyout, leaving some workers unsure of where their acceptance of the deal leaves them.

Before the deadline, federal workers must decide whether to accept or reject Trump’s buyout offer. What happens to those who reject the offer and decide not to resign?

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A U.S. judge on Friday said he will enter a "very limited" order temporarily blocking the Trump administration from taking some steps to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, adding that 2,200 employees from the agency would not immediately be placed on administrative leave.