US EditionJudge rules Trump admin violated order to unfreeze foreign aid but declines to hold officials in contempt
- A federal judge ordered officials to comply with a previous order to lift the freeze on foreign aid on February 20, 2025, but did not hold them in contempt of court.
- U.S. District Judge Amir Ali criticized officials for using the court's order to create a justification for suspending aid funding.
- Two nonprofit groups requested that officials be found in contempt, but Judge Ali stated that such a finding was not warranted based on the records provided.
- The judge's ruling comes amid lawsuits challenging a $60 billion cutoff in foreign assistance, leading to financial distress for aid organizations.
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Trump defies judicial orders: which branch has authority to say what the law is?
A U.S. federal judge in Rhode Island has declared President Donald Trump in violation of his order to release billions of dollars in federal grants and has directed the president to comply with the court’s mandate. The Trump Administration’s recalcitrance – punctuated by Vice President J.D. Vance’s social media post in which he asserted that “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legiti...
Federal Judge Orders State Department to Renew Funding
US foreign assistance to Eurasian states and elsewhere remains in limbo as the State Department pushes back on a federal court order to lift a funding freeze and resume full operations. Federal Judge Amir Ali issued a temporary order on February 13 to lift a funding freeze on foreign aid programs around the world, including USAID-sponsored operations. Since then, administration officials have not issued any instructions to implementing organizat…
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