A federal judge ordered the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to restore funding for hundreds of foreign aid contractors who argued that they were negatively impacted by a 90-day blanket freeze.
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said he supports s efforts to dismantle the , which President John F. Kennedy Jr., his uncle, created in 1961.
Very few people understand how sinister this agency really is, Kennedy told reporters Thursday, without citing any evidence. He also claimed that the agency had been captured by the military-industrial complex.
Other court decisions have also blocked the admin from carrying out its plan to virtually dismantle the , the main govt org that provides aid, & put its employees on administrative leave.
In his 15-pg ruling, Judge Ali said that the plaintiffs a coalition of groups, businesses, & health & media nonprofits had made a strong preliminary showing of irreparable harm.
In response, Judge Ali, a Biden appointee, issued a temporary saying that the admin could not freeze spending that predates Trumps inauguration, nor could it fire or suspend workers associated w/those spending projects.
The ruling reverses a decision that had thrown into turmoil programs that provide for millions of people & fight & around the globe.
A federal judge ordered the admin on Thurs night to unfreeze foreign spending.
The ruling by Judge Amir H. Ali of the Federal Dist Court in Washington found that Trumps imposing a blanket freeze on US spending was based on dubious logic. He said it was also probably causing irreparable harm to aid groups, which face devastating financial shortfalls &, in some cases, shutdown.
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Trump has vowed to destroy Mexican cartels & end the US fentanyl epidemic, but his sweeping freeze on foreign aid has temporarily stopped -funded anti- programs in Mexico that for years have been working to curb the flow of the synthetic into the .
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fired the for on Tues after he released a blistering report saying $489M in assistance was at risk of spoilage or potential diversion because of the funding freeze & work stoppage.
The suit marks the first major legal challenge to the push by & his allies, led by billionaire & his US Servicetargeting foreign programs & staff as part of their campaign to reshape the federal govt. The lawsuit is one of several legal challengesseeking to slow or halt the admins barrage of actions to curtail spending, pare back the administrative state, eradicate initiatives & more.
The govt said 98% of those placed on leave were stationed in the US. The said employs about 4,700 people, & about 1,400 live abroad.
The employees said the pause has already damaged programs around the world & possibly placed employees in danger by not paying for their cellphones, internet or other measures.
A federal judge on Thurs extended for 7 days his temporary restraining order on the admins move to place about 2,100 employees from the on paid leave, while the judge ponders entering a preliminary against the move.
2 labor representing USAID employees sued the Trump admin last week, saying the sudden halt to funding not only upended overseas programs but the employees personal lives in various countries.
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Now the Trump administration has put the brakes on foreign aid while alleging it's wasteful, causing chaos in the system that for over 20 years has kept millions of people alive
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Now the Trump administration has put the brakes on foreign aid while alleging it's wasteful, causing chaos in the system that for over 20 years has kept millions of people alive
Heres what happens to the body when HIV medication is stopped
Now the Trump administration has put the brakes on foreign aid while alleging it's wasteful, causing chaos in the system that for over 20 years has kept millions of people alive
Heres what happens to the body when HIV medication is stopped
Now the Trump administration has put the brakes on foreign aid while alleging it's wasteful, causing chaos in the system that for over 20 years has kept millions of people alive
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Most of the dynamics described in the IG report are happening to every other part of , said Jeremy Konyndyk, a fmr USAID ofcl & the current president of International. When they warned about the spoilage of , you could also apply that to the risk of spoilage of items & when they noted the lack of of US-purchased aid due to the withdrawal of officials on the ground, that applies across the board.
s decision to pause all & impose a stop work order has also impacted programs around the worldfrom prevention in to in & campaigns, despite efforts by Secy of State Marco Rubio to issue exemptions to the restrictions for lifesaving aid.
Aid experts worry that the termination of Martin & the closure of his teams work facilities will mean more crises currently facing will go unreported.
Martins firing follows a tumultuous few weeks at the agency after the admin moved to place all direct hires at the 10k-strong workforce on administrative leave. A federal judge halted those plans on Fri, though scores of ofcls were turned away from their Washington offices on Monday by the security guard in the front office.
It is critically important that IGs be empowered to conduct independent oversight, detecting & deterring waste, fraud, abuse, & corruption on behalf of the American people, Storch said.
Martins office has several other investigations underway into the impact of the admins efforts to shutter much of s work across the globe. Among them is an examination of the severe staffing reductions on across & in
The IGs office knew there was a risk in publishing this report, but OIG has always been fiercely committed to fact-based independent oversight, no matter how inconvenient it was to any particular administration, Biden or Trump, said a person who has worked w/ Martins office
Former Department inspector general Rob Storch, who was fired by last month, said he worked with Martin on -related issues & called his work exemplary.
The termination of Martin follows his offices publication of a widely read report warning that more than $489 million in assistance was at risk of spoilage or potential diversion after the admin implemented its freeze & stop-work order.
While most staffers have been placed on paid leave by the admin, the inspector generals staff continued working.
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The WH fired the independent inspector general for the US Agency for International Development on Tues evening, a day after his office issued a blistering report assessing the impact of the Trump admins efforts to significantly curtail the agencys mission.
Doreen Greenwald, president of the National Employees , said Tues evening in a statement that the arbitrary firing of thousands of employees across multiple outlined in tonights would decimate government services critical to the American public.
Federal employees protect the , safeguard the , provide to Americans in need, promote economic growth, & secure the nation, she said.
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People are already dying b/c of Musk shutting down .
Peanut paste sitting in warehouses used to feed starving children & keep them alive can't be delivered to feeding ctrs b/c an AID waiver's needed but no one is working at AID to issue one.
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sat behind the desk, rarely chiming in w/approval as he let the worlds richest man expound for roughly 30 mins on the rationale for the admins overhaul of .
Among s claims, offered without evidence, was that some officials at the now-gutted were taking kickbacks. This is a disgusting lie. People involved in Foreign are not doing it for the Benjamins
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USAID-funded Calgary organization ordered to stop work as Trump's foreign aid freeze continues
The Trump administrations efforts to overhaul the face of U.S. foreign aid have resulted in a 90-day freeze on humanitarian funding, the shutdown of programs around the world, and thousands of staff and contractor layoffs and furloughs with some ...
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Donald Trump's administration has put in place a 90-day freeze on most American foreign aid, which is managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). That plan is affecting countless organizations, including some that are located in Quebec and the rest of Canada.
After U.S. President Donald Trump's administration froze donations in January to Cambodia's largest demining organization, the group announced new funding from China.
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