Trump Officials Ordered to Unfreeze Foreign Aid Per Prior Order

The Trump administration must immediately restore funding to USAID and several of its nonprofit partners that say they face “the prospect of ceasing operations this week” without the monetary aid, a US judge said following an emergency hearing Tuesday.

Judge Amir H. Ali of the US District Court for the District of Columbia said he would grant a motion to enforce his previously issued temporary restraining order, and required the government to demonstrate that it was in compliance with judicial directives. The US must present evidence of compliance to the court Wednesday.

The hearing follows Ali’s ruling last week that ...