A federal judge in Maryland temporarily ordered the administration to stop efforts to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development, ruling Tuesday that Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration actions likely trounced on congressional power.
Judge Theodore D. Chuang for the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, ruling in favor of the more than two dozen agency workers and contractors, ordered the Trump administration, including Musk, to reinstate workers and reopen the agency’s Washington headquarters.
In issuing a preliminary injunction, Chuang wrote that any action taken by USAID, such as stopping grants, had to come from a duly appointed official, not ad hoc by Musk or members of the Trump White House’s Department of Government Efficiency.
