A D.C. federal judge has granted a week-long extension to a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration's controversial directive to significantly reduce the workforce and operations of the U.S. Agency for International Development (U.S.A.I.D.). This decision delays a plan to place 2,000 U.S.A.I.D. employees on administrative leave and force overseas workers to return to the United States.
Judge Extends Injunction Against Trump Administration's U.S.A.I.D. Cuts
Judge Extends Injunction Against Trump Administration's U.S.A.I.D. Cuts
A federal judge halts plans to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development under the Trump administration.
On February 13, 2025, Judge Carl Nichols announced the extension while outlining his intent to make a ruling next week on the request for a preliminary injunction. This request, submitted by two unions representing U.S.A.I.D. workers, challenges the legality of President Trump's executive order, which imposed a 90-day freeze on foreign aid and aimed to dismantle key functionalities of the agency. Supporters of U.S.A.I.D. argue that these cuts would disrupt vital international aid efforts and surpass lawful bounds established by Congress, which allocated funding through at least March 14. The judge's ruling comes amid increasing scrutiny of the administration's budgetary decisions driven by key figures including billionaire Elon Musk, drawing criticism from unions and lawmakers defending U.S.A.I.D.'s important role in global aid and diplomacy.
