Order Date March 10, 2025 – Here KEY TAKEAWAYS: USAID Programs Must Resume (for Now) — restarting funding for projects and reinstating awards halted due to the Executive Order. 2. The court found that the President overstepped constitutional powers and violated laws; setting a precedent of limiting executive overreach in blocking congressional appropriations. 3. The … [Read more…]
Executive order comes days after judge said such retaliation was likely unconstitutional President Trump escalated his fight with the legal industry by issuing an executive order late Friday aimed at Paul Weiss, one of the country’s top law firms, just days after a federal judge chastised the administration for similar retaliation against another firm. MORE
Several employees of the United States’ funded international news broadcast service were placed on administrative leave this week. In an executive order signed on Friday, President Donald Trump outlined seven federal agencies to be reduced in size, including the United States Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America. The reduction was made to … [Read more…]
March 07, 2025 – Washington, DC – Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Jared Moskowitz, Ranking Member of Subcommittee on Oversight and Intelligence, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding answers on media reports alleging potentially unlawful procurement activities surrounding $400 million to Elon Musk’s … [Read more…]
On March 10, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in cases titled AIDS Vaccine Coalition v. U.S. Department of State and Global Health Council v. Trump, granted in part a preliminary injunction against the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Office of Management and Budget … [Read more…]
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV), issued the following statement after United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Administrator … [Read more…]
Late on Friday, a federal judge in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction pausing certain elements of the Trump Administration’s two recent executive orders (“EOs”) addressing “illegal DEI programs.” The two EOs, Exec. Order 14151, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (the “J20 Order”) and Exec. Order 14173, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (“J21 Order”), … [Read more…]
On February 13, 2025, the Court hearing the case of AIDS Vaccine Coalition v. U.S. Department of State and Global Health Council v. Trump entered a temporary restraining order against the Department of State, USAID, and OMB, that contains the following operative language: “Consistent with the reasoning above, it is hereby ORDERED that Defendants Marco … [Read more…]
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a three-week funding freeze that has shut down U.S. aid and development programs worldwide. Judge Amir Ali issued the order Thursday in U.S. district court in Washington in a lawsuit brought by two health organizations that receive U.S. funding for programs abroad. … [Read more…]
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…]