A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must temporarily restore foreign aid funding to programs worldwide, despite ongoing efforts to withhold the assistance. The decision comes after a lawsuit by nonprofit groups challenging the administration's cutoff of foreign assistance through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department.
The judge's order, issued on February 13, aimed to lift the freeze on foreign aid. However, administration officials have been accused of finding ways to continue suspending funding by coming up with new justifications for the halt.
