A federal judge on Wednesday extended an order barring President Trump from firing the head of an office designed to protect government whistleblowers by three days as she weighs further relief.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, can remain in his role as she considers motions to indefinitely block Trump from firing Dellinger as litigation continues and to rule in favor of either party in full.

Jackson acknowledged the “unusual posture” of the case, in that it has already reached the Supreme Court, which held the government’s emergency........

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