A federal judge ordered the US administration to release foreign aid payments that are due under certain existing contracts.
Summary
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion in outstanding foreign aid for work already completed, though declined to restore thousands of canceled contracts.
Judge Ali ruled that the president must spend money approved by Congress, a decision following the Supreme Court's rejection of Trump's emergency request to freeze payments.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Rubio announced the completion of USAID's review, eliminating 5,200 of its 6,200 programs, with remaining programs to be administered under the State Department.
The title is misleading, given that it's not being directed towards the delivery of any new aid, but rather paying for aid that's already been delivered.
In line with this (annoyingly) a ton of Doges supposed savings were exactly this same type of money. They claimed savings by cancelling payments for things already provided or delivered.
The temporary restraining order was filed weeks ago, and they should go into effect immediately. So it's actually absurd that they were able to delay it this long.