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

A federal judge has extended the pause on the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID for another week after an extensive hearing Thursday.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump's administration to temporarily lift a funding freeze that has shut down U.S. humanitarian aid and development work around the world, and he has set a five-day deadline for the administration to prove it's complying.

A Trump-appointed judge extended until Feb. 21 an order he issued last week blocking much of the administration’s plan for massive changes to USAID.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday dealt President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk their first big setback in their dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, ordering a temporary halt to plans to pull thousands of agency staffers off the job.

A federal judge on Thursday extended for one week a pause on the Trump administration's plan to put thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers on leave while he considers a lawsuit by government employee unions.

Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development on paid leave.

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 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.