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The order prohibited the agencies from “unlawfully impounding congressionally appropriated foreign aid funds” owed to contractors and grant recipients. It applied to work completed before Feb. 13.
The groups that sued insist the court’s ruling ought to force the Trump administration to restore all funding delivered via U.S.A.I.D. But the administration says it has the power to decimate the agency.
In a court filing, administration lawyers also said the government would miss the judge’s deadline to restart funding that has been on pause since January.
The ruling marked the second the time a federal judge had pushed the Trump administration to act after finding that it had ignored an earlier order.