Breaking News: Trump Forced to Re-instate Foreign Aid by Court Order

A federal judge determined that the United States must begin delivering some foreign aid after President Donald Trump declared a 90-day pause when he took office.

Late Thursday, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, appointed by President Joe Biden, declared that the Trump administration must not suspend or cancel foreign aid that was issued by the previous administration, but that blocking the entire executive order was not “appropriate or necessary”.

The ruling came in response to a lawusit filed by a group of nonprofits that had worked on international aid projects to overturn the blanket foreign aid ban.

Ali said the Trump administration failed to provide any “meaningful” reason for the sudden action of laying off thousands of people and shutting down programs over a short period of time.

“At least to date, defendants have not offered any explanation for why a blanket suspension of all congressionally appropriated foreign aid, which set off a shock wave and upended reliance interests for thousands of agreements with businesses, nonprofits, and organizations around the country, was a rational precursor to reviewing programs,” Ali said.

“Absent temporary injunctive relief, thereof, the scale of the enormous harm that has already occurred will almost certainly increase.”

USAID distributes billions in international aid as a form of “soft” diplomacy. Trump and Elon Musk, the new head of the Department of Government Efficiency, have accused the department of excessive spending.