WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday gave the Trump administration until Monday to pay nearly $2 billion owed to partners of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department, thawing the administration’s six-week funding freeze on all foreign assistance. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali ruled in favour of nonprofit groups and […]
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion in debts to USAID and State Department partners, ending a six-week funding freeze. This ruling favored nonprofit groups and businesses that sued over the freeze, which had led to service cuts and layoffs. The order follows a Supreme Court rejection of the administration's bid to freeze USAID funding. The freeze stemmed from an executive order by President Trump, leading to the cancellation of thousands of USAID and State Department contracts and grants.
