Judge orders temporary reversal of Trump admin’s freeze on foreign aid

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Judge orders temporary reversal of Trump admin’s freeze on foreign aid
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers earlier this month that USAID could be abolished after its reorganization over the coming days
 By Bradford Betz Fox News
Published February 13, 2025 11:32pm EST

A federal judge late Thursday issued an order compelling the Trump administration to lift its three-week funding freeze on U.S. foreign aid.

Judge Amir Ali issued the order Thursday in U.S. district court in Washington in a lawsuit brought by two health organizations that receive U.S. funding for programs abroad.

In his order, Ali noted that the Trump administration argued it had to shut down funding for the thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development aid programs abroad to conduct a thorough review of each program and whether it should be eliminated.

But the judge said that Trump officials failed to explain why a "blanket suspension" of foreign aid programs was necessary before the programs were more thoroughly reviewed.

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[DefiantMassRINO]

Appeal to a different judge.

Instead of dueling banjos. play dueling judges.

Judges are a dime a dozen.  Happy judge shopping.

[mystery-ak]

As if we don't have enough liberal judges we have to import them from Canada!

https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1890448707583193150

[DefiantMassRINO]

Each disbursement is occasion to review what it's for.

Instead of "blanket suspension", perform a precusory real-time audit for each disbursement. 

Every disbursement should be proven to be in compliance with the authorizing appropriation law prior to the funds being released.

If ever there was a time for conservatives to embrace word salads, with word salad dressing, now is it.

"Blanket suspension", pshaw?!  We're implementing fiscal controls.