Judge orders Trump administration to speed payment of USAID and State Dept. debts
2 weeks, 4 days 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 in a lawsuit over the administration’s abrupt shutdown of foreign assistance funding. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali described the partial payment as a “concrete” first step he wanted to see from the administration, which is fighting multiple lawsuits seeking to roll back the administration’s dismantling of USAID and a six-week freeze on USAID funding, which has forced U.S.-funded organizations to halt aid and development work around the world and lay off workers. Ali’s ruling came a day after a divided Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s bid to freeze funding that flowed through USAID. __ An earlier version incorrectly said Judge Amir Ali ordered repayment of all of nearly $2 billion in USAID and State Department debts by Monday.

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What Trump’s $2 billion loss at the Supreme Court really tells us.
2 weeks, 5 days 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 …

US Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to freeze $2 bn in foreign aid
2 weeks, 5 days 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, 5 days 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, 5 days 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, 5 days 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 …

Supreme Court upholds a lower court order to force USAID to pay contractors
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Supreme Court upholds a lower court order to force USAID to pay contractors

NPR  

Supreme Court upholds a lower court order to force USAID to pay contractors toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday reined in some of the Trump administration's sweeping effort to eliminate foreign aid that has been authorized by Congress. By a 5-to-4 vote, the justices left in place a lower court order that so far has …

US Supreme Court orders Trump admin to release frozen foreign aid
2 weeks, 5 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 …

"When you do the work, you should get paid": SCOTUS rejects Trump attempts to freeze foreign aid
2 weeks, 5 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 …

Supreme Court to weigh in on Trump administration's foreign funding freeze of USAID
3 weeks, 2 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, 4 days 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, 4 days 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 …

US Supreme Court blocks order for Trump administration to release foreign aid
3 weeks, 4 days 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 …

Supreme Court pauses judge’s order that U.S. spend $2 billion in promised foreign funds
3 weeks, 4 days 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 …

Trump administration appeals deadline to release US foreign aid funding
3 weeks, 5 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 extends block on Trump administration’s sweeping freeze on federal funding
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Judge extends block on Trump administration’s sweeping freeze on federal funding

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal judge agreed Tuesday to continue blocking President Donald Trump’s administration from freezing grants and loans potentially totaling trillions of dollars. “In sum, Plaintiffs have marshalled significant evidence indicating that the funding freeze would be economically catastrophic — and in some circumstances, fatal — to their members.” The administration rescinded a memo outlining its planned funding freeze …

Judge gives Trump administration two days to unfreeze funds for US foreign aid
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3 weeks, 6 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 …

Judge gives Trump administration 2 days to release billions of dollars in blocked foreign aid
3 weeks, 6 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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1 month 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
1 month 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 …

High-stakes showdown is brewing between a federal judge and Trump officials at USAID
1 month ago

High-stakes showdown is brewing between a federal judge and Trump officials at USAID

NPR  

High-stakes showdown is brewing between a federal judge and Trump officials at USAID Aid groups are asking a federal judge to find USAID and State Department officials in contempt for not restoring funding to global programs. ADRIAN FLORIDO, HOST: A high-stakes showdown is brewing between a federal judge and Trump administration officials at the United States Agency for International Development. …

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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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 …

Trump’s USAID crackdown faces legal roadblock as judge lifts freeze on foreign aid programs
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1 month, 1 week ago

Trump’s USAID crackdown faces legal roadblock as judge lifts freeze on foreign aid programs

Firstpost  

The new court order also stops the government from ‘issuing, implementing, enforcing, or otherwise giving effect to terminations, suspensions, or stop-work orders’ in relation to existing contracts as of January 19, 2025 An American flag and USAID flag fly outside the USAID building in Washington, DC, US, February 1, 2025. File Image/Reuters A federal judge has temporarily lifted a freeze …

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 …

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 …

Appeals Court Won't Halt Judge’s Order Requiring Trump Administration To Unfreeze All Federal Cash
1 month, 1 week ago

Appeals Court Won't Halt Judge’s Order Requiring Trump Administration To Unfreeze All Federal Cash

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to immediately halt a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in federal grants and loans that remain frozen even after a court blocked a sweeping pause on federal funding. The Justice Department argued the sweeping lower court order to keep all federal grants …

Appeals court won’t halt judge’s order requiring Trump administration to unfreeze all federal cash
Trending News
1 month, 1 week ago

Appeals court won’t halt judge’s order requiring Trump administration to unfreeze all federal cash

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to halt a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in federal grants and loans. Circuit Court of Appeals turned back the emergency appeal, though it said it expected the lower court judge to act quickly to clarify his order. The Justice Department argued the sweeping lower …

In a first, US federal judge says Trump administration has disobeyed judicial mandate
1 month, 1 week ago

In a first, US federal judge says Trump administration has disobeyed judicial mandate

Firstpost  

The decision seemed to be the first time a judge had determined that the Trump administration had disregarded a court order that halted the implementation of a new policy Representational image On Monday, a U.S. judge ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump had disregarded a court order that lifted a sweeping spending limit on the federal government and …

Appeals court won’t halt judge’s order requiring Trump administration to unfreeze federal cash
1 month, 1 week ago

Appeals court won’t halt judge’s order requiring Trump administration to unfreeze federal cash

LA Times  

President Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office on Tuesday. A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to immediately halt a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in federal grants and loans that remain frozen even after a court blocked a sweeping pause on federal funding. The Boston-based U.S. 1st Circuit Court …

Federal Judge Says Trump Administration Is Violating His Order To Halt Funding Freeze
1 month, 2 weeks 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, 2 weeks 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 …

US judge orders Trump administration to obey halt on spending freeze
1 month, 2 weeks ago

US judge orders Trump administration to obey halt on spending freeze

Al Jazeera  

A federal judge rules US government has defied a previous ruling that suspended president’s sweeping order to freeze federal spending. A United States federal judge has ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump did not fully comply with his order halting a federal spending freeze that has thrown the government into chaos. States had reported continued trouble accessing federal …

Trump's plan to gut USAID dealt a blow in federal court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump's plan to gut USAID dealt a blow in federal court

Raw Story  

A federal judge dealt a blow Friday to President Donald Trump's plan to gut the U.S. Agency for International Development. The agency was set to be all but eliminated by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, the task force charged with slashing trillions out of the federal government and fulfilling a major campaign promise of Trump. But on Friday, a …

US judge weighs blocking Trump from dismantling USAID
1 month, 2 weeks ago

US judge weighs blocking Trump from dismantling USAID

Hindustan Times  

By Andrew Goudsward, Nate Raymond and Daphne Psaledakis US judge weighs blocking Trump from dismantling USAID WASHINGTON -A U.S. judge is weighing whether to temporarily block the Trump administration from dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development and carrying out plans to put thousands of its workers globally on administrative leave at midnight. Following Trump's order, the State Department halted …

US judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s federal funding freeze
1 month, 3 weeks ago

US judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s federal funding freeze

Al Jazeera  

The White House defended Trump’s decision as Democrats and non-profit groups warned of ‘devastating’ consequences. “My office will be taking imminent legal action against this administration’s unconstitutional pause on federal funding,” James said on social media. “We won’t sit idly by while this administration harms our families.” Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a Democratic congressman from Florida, also said in a social …

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