A federal judge on Thursday Trump administration Officials to meet his previous order to temporarily lift a freezing of almost all foreign help, to temporarily restore them to programs worldwide.
In his command, Judge Amir H. Ali, a Biden -Apped, the administration of Trump said February 13 Order To temporarily lift the freezing of foreign aid to “come up with a new, post-hoc rationalization for the massive suspension” of financing instead.
Despite the opposite of the judge, the deputy secretary Pete Marocco, a Trump -appointed, USAID secretary Pete Marocco, and other senior officials had “had continued their general suspension of funds,” said Ali.
Yet the Washington, DC The court of the court refused a request from non -profit organizations that do business with the American International Development Agency to find Trump administration officials that contempt for his command.
Trump’s Doge remains on the right track after a number of statements from the federal court
Flowers and a sign are placed outside the head office of the American Bureau for International Development, or USAID, Friday 7 February 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Ali’s ruling comes in a lawsuit by the non-profit organizations that cut the month-old cut-off of the Trump administration of foreign help from USAID and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which almost at night $ 60 billion in annual aid and development programs of The annual aid and development programs closed.
Even after the order from Ali, USAID employees and contractors say that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and USAID have still not recovered payments, even on hundreds of millions of dollars that are already owed by the government.
President Donald Trump waves while he walks from Marine after arriving at the southern lawn of the White House, Wednesday, February 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Marocco and other administrative officials defended the non -payment in written arguments in court this week. They argued that they could legally stop or terminate payments among thousands of contracts without violating the judge’s order.
The Trump government says that all Ministry of Foreign Affairs and USAD
Trump’s Doge remains on the right track after a number of statements from the federal court
Aid organizations, current and former USAID employees in interviews and sworn statements from the court say that the financing and deep Trump administration of USAID -employees have brought us worldwide aid, forced thousands of dismissed and drives government partners into a financial collapse.
File: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk make comments while he joins the US President Donald Trump during an executive order in the Oval Office in the White House on 11 February 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty images)
Under the leadership of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s efforts on the newly formed Ministry of Government Efficiency (Doge), the department is what Musk characterizes as a crusade to reduce government spending and disadvantage of the federal workforce.
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So far, DOGE claims that they have saved around $ 55 billion through cuts on USAID, the Ministry of Education and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But many of the cost -saving efforts of Doge have yielded legal challenges.
Louis Casiano from Fox News Digital and the Associated Press have contributed to this report.
