"When you do the work, you should get paid": SCOTUS rejects Trump attempts to freeze foreign aid
2 weeks, 2 days ago

"When you do the work, you should get paid": SCOTUS rejects Trump attempts to freeze foreign aid

Salon  

A divided Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump can not freeze $2 billion in foreign aid payments, urging the administration to comply with orders to release the funds. In a brief 5-4 decision shared on Wednesday, the high court backed US District Judge Amir Ali, who had ordered the Trump administration to release billions in foreign aid frozen by a Trump executive order on the president's first day in office. Plaintiffs in cases opposing Trump's freeze filed a brief late last week that called the crisis an "emergency of own making." Justice Samuel Alito wrote the dissent, joined by Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, claiming that Ali was abusing the power of the judiciary and using "unchecked power to compel the government" to pay.

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Judge Tells Trump Administration To Pay Up After 'Unlawfully' Freezing Aid
1 week, 2 days ago

Judge Tells Trump Administration To Pay Up After 'Unlawfully' Freezing Aid

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Some $2 billion in foreign aid that the Trump administration had frozen must be paid out to humanitarian groups, a federal judge ruled Monday, adding that the freezing of those funds may have violated the separation of powers between the executive branch and Congress. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali wrote in a lengthy order that the Trump …

Judge orders Trump administration to speed payment of USAID and State Dept. debts
2 weeks ago

Judge orders Trump administration to speed payment of USAID and State Dept. debts

Associated Press  

▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump and his administration WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to speed up its payment on some of nearly $2 billion in debts to partners of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department, giving it a Monday deadline to repay the nonprofit groups and businesses …

What Trump’s $2 billion loss at the Supreme Court really tells us.
2 weeks, 1 day ago

What Trump’s $2 billion loss at the Supreme Court really tells us.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On a Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed what the decision augurs for the court’s treatment of Donald Trump in the coming years. Instead, the court just said it was lifting the …

Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to freeze $2 bn in foreign aid
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to freeze $2 bn in foreign aid

Firstpost  

A divided US Supreme Court handed a legal defeat to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, rejecting his bid to freeze some $2 billion in foreign aid payments Protesters are detained by US Capitol police officers after demonstrating outside of closed-door meeting where Congressional members of the House Foreign Affairs Commitee are meeting with Pete Maroco, deputy administrator-designate for USAID, in …

US: Divided SC rejects Trump administration's plea to freeze foreign aid
2 weeks, 1 day ago

US: Divided SC rejects Trump administration's plea to freeze foreign aid

Op India  

A divided Supreme Court of the US on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s request to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress frozen, CNN reported. The majority noted that given a court-ordered deadline to spend the money last week had already passed, the lower courts should “clarify what obligations the government must fulfil to ensure compliance with …

US top court upholds district judge order asking Trump administration to release funds to foreign aid groups
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

US top court upholds district judge order asking Trump administration to release funds to foreign aid groups

Live Mint  

Washington: A divided U.S. Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to let President Donald Trump's administration withhold payment to foreign aid organizations for work they already performed for the government as the Republican president moves to pull the plug on American humanitarian projects around the world. Handing a setback to Trump, the court in a 5-4 decision upheld Washington-based U.S. District …

US Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to freeze $2 bn in foreign aid
2 weeks, 1 day ago

US Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to freeze $2 bn in foreign aid

Hindustan Times  

A divided US Supreme Court handed a legal defeat to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, rejecting his bid to freeze some $2 billion in foreign aid payments. Trump has launched a campaign led by his top donor Elon Musk, the world's richest person, to downsize or dismantle swaths of the US government. The justices said the federal judge who ordered …

'Big struggle between the court system and Trump' as Supreme Court deals blow to President
2 weeks, 1 day ago

'Big struggle between the court system and Trump' as Supreme Court deals blow to President

Raw Story  

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's request to keep billions in congressionally approved foreign aid frozen, but that fight isn't over. The court did not set a timeline for when the money should be released, allowing the White House to continue to dispute the matter in lower courts, where U.S. District judge Amir Ali ruled last month that …

Supreme Court Says Trump Administration Must Release Frozen USAID Funds
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Supreme Court Says Trump Administration Must Release Frozen USAID Funds

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, ordered the Trump administration to comply with a district court order demanding it release all foreign aid funds frozen as part of President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development on Wednesday. The Trump administration must now release all of the USAID contract funds frozen by the …

Divided Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Divided Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid

Associated Press  

▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump and his new administration. WASHINGTON — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid, but it was not clear how quickly money might start flowing. By a 5-4 vote, the court rejected an emergency appeal from the Republican administration, while …

Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s early rulings on Trump’s budget cuts and firing power
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s early rulings on Trump’s budget cuts and firing power

CNN  

CNN — A pair of rulings have exposed deep divisions on the Supreme Court about just how much power the federal judiciary has to stop President Donald Trump – and could have enormous implications for the flood of litigation challenging Trump’s actions. Exactly how far the Supreme Court will go toward backstopping lower courts, which are issuing a broad range …

US Supreme Court orders Trump admin to release frozen foreign aid
2 weeks, 2 days ago

US Supreme Court orders Trump admin to release frozen foreign aid

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: A sharply divided Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated a lower-court order for the Trump administration to release frozen foreign aid, but it was not clear how quickly money would start flowing. By a 5-4 vote, the court rejected an emergency appeal from the Republican administration, while also telling U.S. District Judge Amir Ali to clarify his earlier order that …

Supreme Court to weigh in on Trump administration's foreign funding freeze of USAID
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Supreme Court to weigh in on Trump administration's foreign funding freeze of USAID

NPR  

Supreme Court to weigh in on Trump administration's foreign funding freeze of USAID We look at the anticipated impact of of the USAID funding freeze, which helped some of the poorest people around the world. The Trump administration killed nearly all of the aid's - of the aid agency's programs, put thousands of its employees on administrative leave or laid …

US Supreme Court allows Donald Trump's freeze of foreign aid funding temporarily
3 weeks ago

US Supreme Court allows Donald Trump's freeze of foreign aid funding temporarily

Hindustan Times  

US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients. The order came after Trump's administration said in a court filing on Wednesday it had made final decisions terminating most US foreign aid contracts and grants, while maintaining that it cannot …

Supreme Court pauses judge’s order for Trump to unfreeze USAID payments in first DOGE test for justices
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Supreme Court pauses judge’s order for Trump to unfreeze USAID payments in first DOGE test for justices

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a judge’s order that …

Supreme Court, For Now, Won't Require Trump Administration To Release Billions In Foreign Aid
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Supreme Court, For Now, Won't Require Trump Administration To Release Billions In Foreign Aid

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Wednesday it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world, putting numbers on its plans to eliminate the majority of U.S. development and humanitarian help abroad. The Supreme Court intervened in that case late …

Supreme Court pauses judge’s order that U.S. spend $2 billion in promised foreign funds
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Supreme Court pauses judge’s order that U.S. spend $2 billion in promised foreign funds

LA Times  

Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Wednesday evening issued an order pausing a judge’s deadline requiring the Trump administration to send out nearly $2 billion in funds promised for health and humanitarian aid across the globe. Trump administration lawyers said that officials are reviewing those grant programs and that the judge’s order “has thrown what should be …

US Supreme Court blocks order for Trump administration to release foreign aid
3 weeks, 1 day ago

US Supreme Court blocks order for Trump administration to release foreign aid

India Today  

The Trump administration said Wednesday it is eliminating more than 90% of the US Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall US assistance around the world, putting numbers on its plans to eliminate the majority of US development and humanitarian help abroad. The Supreme Court intervened in that case late Wednesday and temporarily blocked a …

Trump administration appeals deadline to release US foreign aid funding
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump administration appeals deadline to release US foreign aid funding

Al Jazeera  

Nonprofits and businesses have argued that a 90-day foreign aid freeze under Trump has left US government bills unpaid. The administration of President Donald Trump has argued it cannot meet an impending deadline to release frozen funds for foreign aid, despite a court order mandating that it do so. On February 13, Judge Ali had called for the Trump administration …

Judge gives Trump administration two days to unfreeze funds for US foreign aid
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Judge gives Trump administration two days to unfreeze funds for US foreign aid

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday gave the Trump administration less than two days to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid, saying the administration had given no sign of complying with his nearly two-week-old court to ease its funding freeze. U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali ruled in a lawsuit filed by nonprofit organizations over the cutoff …

For Trump, 3 court losses in 90 minutes
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

For Trump, 3 court losses in 90 minutes

CNN  

CNN — Three different federal judges delivered legal setbacks and slap downs to President Donald Trump in the span of an hour and a half on Tuesday in a series of cases challenging controversial moves taken during the early days of his second term. She went on to say that the spending freeze was “irrational, imprudent, and precipitated a nationwide …

Judge gives Trump administration 2 days to release billions of dollars in blocked foreign aid
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Judge gives Trump administration 2 days to release billions of dollars in blocked foreign aid

LA Times  

Retired U.S. Agency for International Development worker Julie Hanson Swanson, left, joins supporters of USAID workers outside an agency office in Washington on Friday. A federal judge on Tuesday gave the Trump administration less than two days to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid, saying the administration had given no sign of complying with his nearly two-week-old court …

Federal judge blasts Trump administration for dodging order to resume USAID funding after freeze
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Federal judge blasts Trump administration for dodging order to resume USAID funding after freeze

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A federal judge has reprimanded the Trump administration for failure …

One Judge Is About to Go Toe-to-Toe With Trump Over His Executive Order Spree
3 weeks, 6 days ago

One Judge Is About to Go Toe-to-Toe With Trump Over His Executive Order Spree

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discuss three recent court orders that show both the promise and the limits of judicial pushback. Dahlia Lithwick: We’ve seen a flurry of action …

Federal judge considering a request to further block Trump administration from freezing funds
1 month ago

Federal judge considering a request to further block Trump administration from freezing funds

Associated Press  

A federal judge on Friday heard arguments on a request to further block President Donald Trump ’s administration from freezing trillions of dollars of grants and loans that fund everything from clean energy programs to bridge repairs to emergency shelters. U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island, who already approved a temporary restraining order on the funding freeze, …

'Immediately cease': Trump administration gets 'stern warning' from judge
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1 month ago

'Immediately cease': Trump administration gets 'stern warning' from judge

Raw Story  

The Trump administration got a slap on the wrist from a judge Thursday who took issue with the administration's seeming defiance of his order to lift its funding freeze on foreign aid, according to a report. U.S. District Court Judge Amir Ali warned the administration it must comply with his previous court order to unfreeze foreign aid funding. Ali delivered …

Trump administration is flouting an order to temporarily lift a freeze on foreign aid, judge says
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1 month ago

Trump administration is flouting an order to temporarily lift a freeze on foreign aid, judge says

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has kept withholding foreign aid despite a court order and must at least temporarily restore the funding to programs worldwide, a federal judge said Thursday. The Washington, D.C., district court judge said administration officials had used his Feb. 13 order to temporarily lift the freeze on foreign aid to instead “come up with a new, post-hoc …

Trump administration is flouting an order to temporarily lift a freeze on foreign aid, judge says
1 month ago

Trump administration is flouting an order to temporarily lift a freeze on foreign aid, judge says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has kept withholding foreign aid despite a court order and must at least temporarily restore the funding to programs worldwide, a federal judge said Thursday. The Washington, D.C., district court judge said administration officials had used his Feb. 13 order to temporarily lift the freeze on foreign aid to instead “come up with a new, …

Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow foreign aid
1 month ago

Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow foreign aid

ABC  

A federal judge has ordered Donald Trump's US administration to pause its funding freeze on the US Agency for International Development which has shut down American development work worldwide. Judge says no explanation for 'blanket suspension' Judge Amir Ali issued the temporary order on Thursday local time in a lawsuit brought by two organisations, the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and …

Judge sets a 5-day deadline for the Trump administration to start lifting its USAID funding freeze
1 month ago

Judge sets a 5-day deadline for the Trump administration to start lifting its USAID funding freeze

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to temporarily lift a funding freeze that has shut down U.S. humanitarian aid and development work around the world, and he has set a five-day deadline for the administration to prove it’s complying. Contractors, farmers and suppliers in the U.S. and around the world say the Trump administration’s funding …

Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid to flow again
1 month, 1 week ago

Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid to flow again

The Hindu  

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to temporarily lift a three-week funding freeze that has shut down U.S. aid and development work worldwide, citing the sweeping damage that the sudden shutdown has done to the nonprofits and other organizations that help carry out U.S. assistance overseas. The ruling also bars Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other …

‘Enormous harm’: Federal judge deals Trump another court loss
1 month, 1 week ago

‘Enormous harm’: Federal judge deals Trump another court loss

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump’s blanket freeze on foreign aid programs has reportedly been halted by a federal judge who slammed the administration’s failure to adequately weigh the devastation its effects could have on hundreds of businesses and nonprofits across the country. In an order released Thursday, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, a Biden appointee, ruled that the 90-day blanket freeze issued …

Judge Orders Trump Administration To Temporarily Allow Funds For Foreign Aid To Flow Again
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1 month, 1 week ago

Judge Orders Trump Administration To Temporarily Allow Funds For Foreign Aid To Flow Again

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a three-week funding freeze that has shut down U.S. aid and development programs worldwide. The ruling was the first to temporarily roll back a Trump administration funding freeze on foreign assistance that has forced USAID and State Department contractors around the world to stop …

Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for US foreign aid to flow again
1 month, 1 week ago

Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for US foreign aid to flow again

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to temporarily lift a three-week funding freeze that has shut down US aid and development work worldwide, citing the sweeping damage that the sudden shutdown has done to the nonprofits and other organizations that help carry out US assistance overseas. The ruling also bars Secretary of State Marco Rubio and …

Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid to flow again
1 month, 1 week ago

Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid to flow again

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to temporarily lift a three-week funding freeze that has shut down U.S. aid and development work worldwide, citing the sweeping damage that the sudden shutdown has done to the nonprofits and other organizations that help carry out U.S. assistance overseas. The ruling also bars Secretary of State Marco Rubio …

Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid
Trending News
1 month, 1 week ago

Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid

NPR  

Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a three-week funding freeze that has shut down U.S. aid and development programs worldwide. The ruling was the first to temporarily roll back a Trump administration funding freeze on foreign assistance …

Federal Judge Says Trump Administration Is Violating His Order To Halt Funding Freeze
1 month, 1 week ago

Federal Judge Says Trump Administration Is Violating His Order To Halt Funding Freeze

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Trump administration is violating a court mandated restraining order prohibiting it from freezing federal funds in accordance with the Office of Management and Budget memo authorizing a broad freeze on Jan. 27, a federal judge said on Monday. Judge John McConnell, the chief judge of the District Court of Rhode Island, ordered the administration to “immediately …

Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending
1 month, 1 week ago

Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal judge found Monday that the Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending and told the White House to release billions of dollars in funding. McConnell ordered the Trump administration to “immediately take every step necessary” to follow his temporary restraining order halting plans for a sweeping freeze of federal funding. “The broad …

Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending
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1 month, 1 week ago

Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending

LA Times  

A federal judge found Monday that the Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending and told the White House to release all the money. U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell ruled that ongoing struggles to get federal money for things like early childhood education, pollution reduction and HIV prevention research violated his Jan. 31 order. “The …

Trump's Justice Dept. indicates he's 'ready to ignore the court' in new filing: expert
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump's Justice Dept. indicates he's 'ready to ignore the court' in new filing: expert

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump's Justice Department is threatening to ignore court rulings in a new filing, according to an expert. Last week, the court approved a temporary restraining order to stop the Office of Management and Budget freeze on paying the U.S. bills and cease federal spending that Congress previously approved. In its filing Monday that followed the restraining order, the …

Trump administration sued for halting legal aid for detained immigrants
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump administration sued for halting legal aid for detained immigrants

LA Times  

Immigrants seeking asylum hold hands as they leave a cafeteria at the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, in Dilley, Texas. Several nonprofits providing basic legal information to detained immigrants sued the Trump administration on Friday for halting their programs and locking them out of detention facilities. This week, Trump, who has made “mass deportation” a …

A 2nd U.S. judge says Trump administration must pause its federal spending freeze
1 month, 3 weeks ago

A 2nd U.S. judge says Trump administration must pause its federal spending freeze

NPR  

A 2nd U.S. judge says Trump administration must pause its federal spending freeze toggle caption Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images A judge with the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration's efforts to freeze payments for grants and other programs. Sponsor Message Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. who …

Trump halts US foreign aid, sends shockwaves to NGOs and 'media' organizations
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump halts US foreign aid, sends shockwaves to NGOs and 'media' organizations

Op India  

On Wednesday, 29th January, the US government led by President Donald Trump decided to hold on to the ‘America first’ policy and freeze foreign funding assistance to Pakistan, Bangladesh and other countries affecting several USAID projects, including Ambassadors Funds for Cultural Preservations. Amid this, the US is taking faster steps to re-evaluate its decision to provide funds to NGOs that …

Judge temporarily blocks Trump's freeze on all federal aid
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Judge temporarily blocks Trump's freeze on all federal aid

Firstpost  

In the second instance of a judge staying an order of the Donald Trump administration, Judge Loren AliKhan of the District of Columbia has temporarily blocked the freeze on federal aid until the case is heard next on February 3 Will Scharf assists as President Donald Trump signs an executive order at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, …

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s radical federal spending freeze after lawsuit
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s radical federal spending freeze after lawsuit

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The two-page memo at issue was issued by acting White House Office of Management …

Trump suspends U.S. foreign assistance for 90 days pending reviews
2 months ago

Trump suspends U.S. foreign assistance for 90 days pending reviews

LA Times  

President Trump signed an executive order Monday temporarily suspending all U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending reviews to determine whether they are aligned with his policy goals. The order, among many Trump signed on his first day back in office, said the “foreign aid industry and bureaucracy are not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical …

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