| A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funding for hundreds of foreign aid contractors who say they've been devastated by President Donald Trump's abrupt — and in their view illegal — 90-day blanket freeze. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, a Washington, D.C.-based appointee of President Joe Biden, said the Trump administration failed to account for the extraordinary harm caused by the broad-based halt to foreign aid. "At least to date, Defendants have not offered any explanation for why a blanket suspension of all congressionally appropriated foreign aid, which set off a shockwave and upended reliance interests for thousands of agreements with businesses, nonprofits, and organizations around the country, was a rational precursor to reviewing programs," Ali wrote. Read the latest
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