Trump, Judge Ali and foreign aid

A US-run system alerts the world to famines. It’s gone dark after Trump slashed foreign aid
A vital, US-run monitoring system focused on spotting food crises before they turn into famines has gone dark after the Trump administration slashed foreign aid.
Trump administration must make some foreign aid payments by Monday, judge rules
The Trump administration must make some payments to foreign aid contractors and grant recipients by 6 p.m. (1100 GMT) on Monday, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed the administration's request to avoid a deadline for the payments.
US judge orders Trump admin to pay portion of $2B in foreign aid by Monday
A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to pay at least a portion of the nearly $2 billion in owed foreign aid for previously completed projects by 6 p.m. Monday.
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to keep billions in foreign aid frozen
A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s request to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress frozen.
Supreme Court’s Ruling a Victory for Foreign Aid Groups, but How Big Is Unclear
The groups that sued insist the court’s ruling ought to force the Trump administration to restore all funding delivered via U.S.A.I.D. But the administration says it has the power to decimate the agency.
Judge orders USAID payments to some foreign aid groups by Monday
Judge Amir H. Ali set a noon Friday deadline for the Trump administration and aid organizations to clarify how much more the groups are owed.
How Trump’s $2B court battle over foreign aid could reshape executive authority
On Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order pausing all foreign aid funding, most of which is administered by USAID. A little more than two weeks later, USAID laid off all but a few hundred of its 10,
Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Freeze Foreign Aid
The move came after Chief Justice Roberts temporarily paused a trial judge’s order requiring the administration to release more than $1.5 billion.
Supreme Court says judge can force Trump administration to pay foreign aid
The justices split 5-4 on whether to halt a judge’s order to restart nearly $2 billion in State Department and USAID payments for work that has been done.
How foreign aid cuts are setting the stage for disease outbreaks
U.S.-funded organizations helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and ...
US foreign aid orgs say they are owed more than $671 mln by Monday deadline
U.S. foreign aid organizations suing President Donald Trump's administration over its freeze of nearly all foreign aid ...
Trump's foreign aid freeze hits CT-based Save the Children: 'Millions of children are going to die'
A mix of furloughs, position eliminations and voluntary resignations have hit about 300 roles at Save the Children U.S., ...
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The demise of foreign aid offers an opportunity
Sir Keir Starmer is slashing Britain’s aid budget by 40% in order to boost defence. France’s cash-strapped minority ...
US foreign aid cuts leave a funding gap that private donors are unlikely to fill
Charitable organizations that relied on U.S. foreign assistance are looking to other private and public donors now that the ...
US diplomats in dissent cable to Rubio protest USAID dismantling, cut in foreign aid
Hundreds of diplomats at the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development have formally written to ...
USAID head Peter Marocco tells lawmakers he's eyeing potential criminal charges for foreign aid fraud: report
The head of USAID told lawmakers Wednesday his staff was preparing potential criminal referrals against those who allegedly ...