Trump ordered to temporarily lift USAid freeze and allow foreign aid funding

Judge challenges administration's dismantling of US foreign assistance and sets five-day deadline to prove compliance

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

The judge's ruling late on Thursday cited the financial devastation that the near-overnight cutoff of payments has caused suppliers and non-profits that carry out much of US aid overseas.