US EditionJudge rules Trump admin violated order to unfreeze foreign aid but declines to hold officials in contempt
- A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated a court order regarding the unfreezing of foreign aid, stating that the administration did not fully comply with his February 13 order to suspend the blanket freeze.
- Judge Amir Ali found that the suspension of congressionally appropriated foreign aid likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
- Ali mentioned that the administration's reasoning for continuing the freeze was criticized, indicating a lack of full compliance with the court order.
- Ali did not hold officials in contempt of court despite warnings about non-compliance with the funding freeze lift.
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Trump defies judicial orders: which branch has authority to say what the law is?
A U.S. federal judge in Rhode Island has declared President Donald Trump in violation of his order to release billions of dollars in federal grants and has directed the president to comply with the court’s mandate. The Trump Administration’s recalcitrance – punctuated by Vice President J.D. Vance’s social media post in which he asserted that “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legiti...
Federal Judge Orders State Department to Renew Funding
US foreign assistance to Eurasian states and elsewhere remains in limbo as the State Department pushes back on a federal court order to lift a funding freeze and resume full operations. Federal Judge Amir Ali issued a temporary order on February 13 to lift a funding freeze on foreign aid programs around the world, including USAID-sponsored operations. Since then, administration officials have not issued any instructions to implementing organizat…
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