Federal judge blasts Trump administration for dodging order to resume USAID funding after freeze - Department of Justice continues to drag its feet on court orders

A coalition of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contractors and nonprofits who claim President Trump’s executive order to freeze foreign aid could irreparably harm their operations have asked a federal judge to hold the Trump administration in civil contempt.

The judge said the Trump administration’s latest statement contradicted a “crystal clear” understanding about how overseas government workers would be treated.

The Trump administration said in a court filing late Tuesday night that it is not disbursing funds for thousands of foreign aid contracts and grants despite a federal judge's order last week to lift a widespread freeze on foreign aid funding.

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated a court order to temporarily unfreeze foreign aid but declined to hold officials in civil contempt over the transgression. U.S.