Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily reinstate foreign aid funding
- A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to lift a funding freeze on U.S. foreign aid that lasted for three weeks.
- U.S. District Judge Amir Ali stated that Trump officials did not justify why a blanket suspension was necessary.
- Judge Ali ruled that the blanket suspension was likely 'arbitrary and capricious' and did not consider the interests of previously awarded aid recipients.
- The ruling prevents the State Department and other agencies from suspending foreign aid funding and enforcing contract terminations.
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Judge sifts through thorny legal questions over USAID funding after Supreme Court order
A judge on Thursday examined arguments over President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze billions of dollars in foreign aid after the Supreme Court ruled this week that the lower court had authority to force the administration to make some payments.…
Trump appeals order to restart foreign aid as groups remain without funds
People wait outside a distribution point to receive aid rations in Oromia Region, Ethiopia, in February 2018. / Credit: Will Baxter/Catholic Relief Services Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 26, 2025 / 16:50 pm (CNA). President Donald Trump’s administration is appealing a federal court decision that ordered the government to resume foreign aid grants by late Wednesday evening as many Catholic groups that receive those grants are still without funds…
Judge Orders Trump Administration to Release Frozen Foreign Aid - News Facts Network
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Trump administration cuts US efforts to support democracy at home and abroad
In less than a month in office the Trump administration has simultaneously dismantled foreign aid programs that support fragile democracies abroad and put on leave federal workers who protect US elections at home in a move that current and former officials say abandons decades of American commitments to democracy.
U.S. judge orders funding freeze on aid programs lifted
Read: 2 minA federal judge has ordered a temporary lift on a freeze on funding to U.S. aid and development programs ordered by President Donald Trump’s administration, court documents seen by AFP on Friday showed.Judge Amir Ali, who was appointed by Joe Biden in November, prohibited the Trump administration from “suspending, pausing, or otherwise preventing” foreign assistance funds, according to Thursday’s ruling.The Trump administration has fr…
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