An American federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a three -week financing freezing that has interrupted American aid and development work worldwide.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to immediately restore the financing of American assistance and development programs abroad and contractors who argued that they had been affected by a general freeze for nine days .
The judge said that this sudden frost had caused considerable damage to non-profit organizations and other organizations that contribute to the implementation of the United States’s crucial aid on an international scale.
The decision of the Tribunal Marque A major setback for the Trump administration In its dismantling of the American Agency for International Development (USAID), six decades. US President Donald Trump and Tesla boss Elon Musk – who directs the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE, Department of government efficiency)) – accuse the agency of not being in line with their agenda.
The decision of the American district court in Washington is the first to target what aid groups described as a sudden and absolute cut in USAID funds for programs abroad.
Entrepreneurs, farmers and suppliers in the United States and worldwide have been deprived of hundreds of millions of dollars in remuneration for work already carried out. This decision has also led to large -scale layoffs and leave.
Judge Amir Ali rendered the temporary verdict within the framework of a trial brought by two organizations, the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and the Global Health Council, which represent health organizations receiving American funds for work abroad .
Ali noted that the Trump administration argued that it should interrupt the financing of the thousands of USAID aid programs abroad to carry out an “in -depth examination” of each program individually and decide if it should be eliminated or not.
Judge Ali was not convinced, declaring that “(the Trump government) did not offer an explanation on the reasons for a general suspension of all foreign aid affected by the Congress, which triggered a wave shock and upset contracts with thousands of non -profit groups, businesses and others “.
Administration lawyers failed to demonstrate that they had a “rational reason not to take into account the countless small and large companies that should end programs or close their doors completely,” added Mr. Ali.
The decision also prohibits US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other government officials from applying the work stoppage orders that Trump and Musk have sent to companies and organizations that execute assistance to assistance to ‘stranger.
Earlier in Thursday, a judge responsible for another case concerning the dismantling of the USAID and American assistance programs abroad by the Trump administration said that his order stopping Trump’s plans for To withdraw from work all the USAID employees worldwide, with the exception of a fraction, would remain in place for at least a more week.
District judge Carl Nichols ordered this extension after a hearing of almost three hours, the majority of which focused on the way the employees were affected by the steep orders of Mr. Trump and M .
Thousands of USAID workers and humanitarian organizations are at risk of losing their jobs while the DOGE led by Musk seeks to continue to reduce “unnecessary expenses” and to give priority to cost reduction initiatives.
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