March 06, 2025
A D.C. federal judge said Thursday he was still "wrestling" over a requested preliminary injunction that would stop the federal government from terminating foreign assistance grants and contracts en masse, questioning plaintiff organizations on their assertions of standing and the government's claims of "unreviewable" executive power over foreign affairs.
March 05, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a D.C. federal judge can require the Trump administration to release up to $2 billion in frozen foreign aid funding, but told the judge he must clarify the scope of the government's responsibility and ensure it has enough time to comply with any deadline.
March 04, 2025
The U.S. Agency for International Development has been "wholly prevented" from delivering "critical" lifesaving services around the world, and that will lead to preventable death, destabilization and threats to national security "on a massive scale," according to memos from an agency leader made public Monday.
February 28, 2025
Amid fears of President Donald Trump disobeying judges with impunity, debate has focused on famous instances of officials defying the U.S. Supreme Court. But some of the clearest insights into America's handling of White House disregard for courts exist in relatively obscure cases from the Civil War era, when unprecedented presidential actions provoked extraordinary responses from the judiciary — and underscored the limits of its powers.
February 26, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court late Wednesday paused a Washington, D.C., federal judge's late-night deadline ordering the Trump administration to restore nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance funding.
February 25, 2025
A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Tuesday gave the Trump administration until the end of Wednesday to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign assistance funding, granting aid organizations' second request in a week to enforce the temporary restraining order.
February 19, 2025
The Trump administration is "brazenly" defying an order to restore foreign assistance funding, a pair of aid organizations told a Washington, D.C., federal judge Wednesday, asking the court to enforce its temporary restraining order and to sanction the government officials until they comply.
February 14, 2025
A D.C. federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore foreign funding in connection with any grants or programs in place before the inauguration, saying aid organizations have made a sufficient showing that the pause threatens their very existence.
February 11, 2025
The American Bar Association and seven international aid organizations sued the Trump administration in D.C. federal court Tuesday over its freeze on foreign assistance funding, arguing the pause flouts "bedrock separation-of-powers principles."