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report. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters in Washington on Feb. 3, 2025.
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Images came a week after a federal district judge blocked the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle USAID...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a brief, unsigned order that the preliminary injunction issued March 18 by Maryland-based U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang,
No reasoning for the decision was provided in the order.
On Feb. 4, in response to a reporter's question if President Donald Trump planned to,
DOGE leader Elon Musk has,
Judge Chuang's injunction contained a finding that actions by Musk and the DOGE team to dismantle USAID, which provides "humanitarian aid", probably violated the U.S. Constitution.
Shutting down the USAID headquarters, laying off most of the agency's workforce, and ending the bulk of USAID's contracts violate the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers, Chuang wrote in the March 18 order.
The Trump administration had argued that Article II of the Constitution, which lays out the powers of the executive branch,
Chuang rejected that argument, writing that the president's actions here,
The actions by Musk and DOGE,
The judge directed Musk and DOGE to reinstate access for USAID workers and contractors to USAID systems and ordered them not to take further action regarding terminating contracts or agency workers' employment.
The Fourth Circuit's new order came after the U.S. Department of Justice filed an emergency application on March 21 seeking an administrative stay pending an appeal of Chuang's order.
The application said the injunction should be stayed because Chuang was wrong to determine that Musk "is likely an officer" of the United States whose appointment must be confirmed by the Senate.
Musk,
...the document stated, citing the 1991 Supreme Court ruling in Freytag vs. Commissioner.
Musk occupies a,
He cannot make,
On March 5, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must follow through with the payment of $2 billion in foreign aid.
The nation's highest court left intact,
The Supreme Court directed Ali to,
On Jan. 20, Trump issued Executive Order 14169 ordering a,
DOGE began operating on the first day of Trump's second term.
Trump issued Executive Order 14158 on Jan. 20, implementing DOGE.
The order reorganized the U.S. Digital Service - which President Barack Obama created in 2014 within the Executive Office of the President - as the U.S. DOGE Service, according to a Congressional Research Service report.
The executive order directed the entity to,
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