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A federal judge ordered the #Trump admin on Thurs night to unfreeze foreign #aid spending….
The ruling by Judge Amir H. Ali of the Federal Dist Court in Washington found that Trump’s #ExecutiveOrder imposing a blanket freeze on US #ForeignAid spending was based on dubious logic. He said it was also probably causing irreparable harm to aid groups, which face devastating financial shortfalls &, in some cases, shutdown.
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint #law #USpol #geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/us/politics/court-trump-foreign-aid-freeze.html?smid=url-share
In response, Judge Ali, a Biden appointee, issued a temporary #injunction saying that the #Trump admin could not freeze #ForeignAid spending that predates Trump’s inauguration, nor could it fire or suspend workers associated w/those spending projects.
The ruling reverses a decision that had thrown into turmoil programs that provide #shelter for millions of people & fight #hunger & #illness around the globe.
Other court decisions have also blocked the #Trump admin from carrying out its plan to virtually dismantle the #USAID, the main govt org that provides #humanitarian aid, & put its employees on administrative leave.
In his 15-pg ruling, Judge Ali said that the plaintiffs — a coalition of #aid groups, businesses, & health & media nonprofits — had “made a strong preliminary showing of irreparable harm.”
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277336/gov.uscourts.dcd.277336.21.0_4.pdf
In other news, the daughter of Judge Ali, a Biden appointee, has been doxxed by a government official, and now has to pay for private security.
The above is made up, but not for long.