Judge Gives Hard Deadline To Trump Administration To Make USAID Payments After Legal Setback

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump was expected to address Congress on his early achievements of his presidency and his upcoming legislative agenda. (Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

U.S. District Judge Amir Ali has given the Trump administration a hard deadline to make outstanding foreign aid payments worth $1.9 billion to U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) partners. Concretely, it has given it until 6 p.m. Monday following a Supreme Court decision regarding the ongoing legal battle over the Trump administration's freeze on foreign assistance funding.

The ruling comes one day after the Supreme Court rejected a request by the Trump administration to refrain from paying, effectively allowing Judge Ali's earlier order to stand. The case stems from lawsuits filed by several non-profit organizations, including the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and the Global Health Council, which sued after the Trump administration froze foreign aid as part of a broader effort to cut federal spending.