Executive Branch

Judge Orders Trump Admin to Release Billions in Frozen Foreign Aid Funding

‘There is not a plausible interpretation of the statutes that would justify the billions of dollars they plan to withhold,’ wrote U.S. District Judge Amir Ali.
Judge Orders Trump Admin to Release Billions in Frozen Foreign Aid Funding
President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Aug. 26, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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WASHINGTON—A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration cannot withhold billions of dollars in foreign assistance approved by Congress, including aid that the White House recently said it would not spend.

The Trump administration must release $11.5 billion in foreign aid that is set to expire at the end of the month, said U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in a Sept. 3 decision.

Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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