Summary

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in blocked foreign aid within 48 hours, citing noncompliance with a 13-day-old court order.

The freeze, imposed by Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order, halted funding for USAID and State Department programs, affecting hundreds of millions of dollars owed to nonprofits and businesses.

The cutoff forced tens of thousands of layoffs and jeopardized critical aid projects. Despite the Feb. 13 ruling, no payments resumed.

This follows another case where a judge found the administration failed to unfreeze trillions in domestic grants and loans.

  • nomoredrama
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    18 days ago

    The judge can say whatever he wants. Do you think the secret service will allow anyone to arrest the President?

      • thespcicifcocean
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        18 days ago

        In theory. In practice, it seems that certain people are, in fact, above the law.

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          18 days ago

          It needs to be made so.

          Call your representatives and literally yell at them for not doing more on Trump.

      • nomy@lemmy.zip
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        18 days ago

        Have you been paying attention at all for the last 5 years?

        Do you think anyone that matters will do anything to stop him?