WASHINGTON (CN) — A federal judge on Thursday pushed back the expiration date of a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from placing thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development employees on administrative leave. The order is now in place until Feb. 21, by which time U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols will decide whether … [Read more…]
The inspector general at the U.S. Agency for International Development was fired Tuesday, a day after his office released a report detailing the negative impact of the Trump administration’s dramatic downsizing of the agency, according to a letter obtained by NBC News. Paul Martin, who had been USAID’s inspector general since 2023, was notified of … [Read more…]
On Wednesday night, at 7:30 pm, Senator Angela Alsobrooks and Senator Chris Van Hollen are hosting a Telephone Town Hall to answer your questions and provide an update on Trump/Musk’s illegal actions and our efforts to fight back and protect our federal employees – both in Congress and in the courts. They wil be joined … [Read more…]
USAID Disaster – Telephone Town Hall with JAMIE RASKIN – LIVE! Do you think the Trump Administration should engage in unilateral dismantling of federal agencies and impoundment of federally appropriated funds?
If you’re keeping up with the latest on USAID, mark your calendars! The House Foreign Affairs Committee is set to hold a hearing titled “The USAID Betrayal” on Thursday, February 13, starting at 8:30 AM. And guess what? It’s open to the public, so feel free to drop by if you can! The lineup of … [Read more…]
On January 24, 2025, the Secretary of State ordered a pause in all new obligations of foreignassistance funding pending an 85-day review of United States foreign assistance programs.1 TheSecretary additionally ordered contracting and grant officers to issue stop-work orders for allexisting foreign assistance awards.2 As such, all USAID programs were suspended, includingthose with funds already … [Read more…]
CWS Challenges Suspension of Refugee Resettlement Program and Freeze of Refugee Funding Lawsuit Was Filed in Federal District Court in Seattle on Behalf of Impacted Refugees and Faith Based Refugee-Serving Agencies (Seattle, WA) – Today, three national and local faith-based refugee-serving agencies and nine individuals filed Pacito v. Trump, the first lawsuit challenging President Trump’s … [Read more…]
Several organizations, including the Global Health Council, the Small Business Association for International Companies and the American Bar Association, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court against President Donald Trump and other federal officials over foreign assistance programs’ funding. Newsweek reached out for comment to the State Department via its online contact form. Why … [Read more…]
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Public Citizen filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against President Trump, the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Marco Rubio, Secretary State and Acting Administrator of USAID, and Russell Vought, Director of the Office … [Read more…]
SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk rumored to have spent $40 million of his own money on Superbowl ads to expose US government waste that DOGE has discovered. MORE