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  • Supreme Court, for Now, Blocks Order for Admin to Unfreeze Aid

    02/26/2025 7:12:10 PM PST · by BlackFemaleArmyColonel · 115 replies
    Newsmax ^ | 2/26/2025
    The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a judge's order giving the Trump administration an 11:59 deadline to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid. Chief Justice John Roberts said the order issued by U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali will remain on hold until the high court has a chance to weigh in more fully. Ali had ordered the federal government to comply with his decision temporarily blocking a freeze on foreign aid, ruling in a lawsuit filed by nonprofit groups and businesses. An appellate panel refused the administration's request to intervene.
  • Judge sets a 5-day deadline for the Trump administration to start lifting its USAID funding freeze

    02/15/2025 6:24:14 AM PST · by where's_the_Outrage? · 120 replies
    AP ^ | Feb 14, 2025 | ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
    WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. The judge's ruling late Thursday cited the financial devastation that the near-overnight cutoff of payments has caused suppliers and nonprofits that carry out much of U.S. aid overseas. The ruling was the first to challenge the Republican administration's funding freeze. It comes amid a growing number of lawsuits by government employees' groups, aid groups and...