
The Donald Trump administration is approaching a hard deadline given by a federal judge to unfreeze some foreign aid. Concretely, Judge Amir H. Ali gave until Wednesday midnight Eastern time to comply with the order and disburse funds pending the outcome of a lawsuit brought forward by two health organizations.
Parties took part in a hearing on Tuesday focused on evidence that the Trump administration was seeking to find workarounds to prevent that outcome, The New York Times reported. Judge Ali repeatedly asked the DOJ lawyer what steps the Trump administration had taken to release funds, with the lawyer failing to provide answers.