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A federal judge on Thursday night issued an order that convinced the Trump administration To raise their freezing three weeks in the foreign aid of the United States.
Judge Amir Ali issued the order on Thursday in the United States District Court in Washington in a lawsuit filed by two health organizations that receive US funds for programs abroad.
In his order, Ali said that the Trump administration argued that it had to close the funds for the thousands of the agency of international development aid programs abroad abroad to carry out an exhaustive review of each program and if it should be eliminated.
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A bouquet of white flowers placed outside the headquarters of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, on Friday, February 7, 2025 in Washington is shown. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Cneta)
But the judge said that Trump’s officials did not explain why a “general suspension” of foreign aid programs was necessary before the programs were more thoroughly reviewed.
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USAID was established in 1961 under the Kennedy administration, operating as an independent agency that works in close collaboration with the State Department to assign foreign civil assistance. According to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the agency could be abolished after its reorganization in the next few days, he told the bipartisan legislators on February 3.
Emma Colton and The Associated Press of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.