A federal judge in Boston on Monday continued his pause of the Trump administration's unprecedented plan to get millions of federal workers to resign "until I respond to the issues presented," he said.

Last week, after labor unions sued, the judge delayed a deadline for the plan to persuade federal workers to quit. A Monday hearing provided little clarity.

A federal judge in Massachusetts said the program would continue to be on hold until he issued a ruling. The government had set a new deadline of Monday night for workers to sign up.