A US federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a funding freeze that has shut down US aid and development work globally.
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to to temporarily lift a fundingfreeze that has shut down US aid and development work worldwide.
The sudden shutdown has resulted in sweeping damage to non-profits and other organisations that help carry out crucial US assistance internationally, US District Judge Amir Ali said while issuing the temporary order on Thursday.
The freeze has shut down almost all of the thousands of US-funded aid and development programmes globally, USAID workers and humanitarian groups say
The court ruling is the second major setback for the Trump administration in its dismantling of the six-decade-old US Agency for International Development (USAID).
US President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk, who runs the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), say the agency
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