USAID, Carl J. Nichols and Trump

Judge gives Trump the go-ahead to continue putting USAID employees on leave
Judge Carl Nichols in a Friday ruling allowed President Donald Trump's staff reductions in the US Agency for International Development to proceed.
Judge gives go-ahead for the Trump administration to gut USAID's workforce
A federal judge paved the way for the Trump administration to move forward with plans to remove thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers from their jobs.
Judge denies bid to block Trump administration from placing USAID workers on leave
President Trump has targeted the U.S. Agency for International Development as part of his plan to shrink the size of the federal government.
Judge 'dissolves' order preventing Trump administration from overhauling USAID
A federal judge moved to "dissolve" a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from hollowing out the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Judge Lets Trump Administration Resume Wind-Down of USAID Operations
A court finds that the harms employees faced weren’t enough to warrant halting the White House’s efforts to overhaul the agency.
Judge Allows Trump Admin to Remove Thousands of USAID Staff
US District Judge Carl Nichols lifted a temporary block, permitting the administration to significantly downsize USAID staff.
Judge clears way for Trump admin to pull thousands of USAID staffers off the job
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency have moved swiftly to shutter USAID, asserting without evidence that its work is wasteful and out of line with the president’s agenda.
Judge lets Trump administration proceed with mass recall of USAID workers overseas
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said initial claims that agency staffers and their families could be in physical danger proved to be “overstated.”
USAID contractors ask judge to hold Trump admin in civil contempt for violating order to lift spending freeze
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
Trump Administration Keeps USAID Contracts Frozen Despite Court Order
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.
Judge says Trump administration made a ‘mess’ of plans for overseas USAID workers
The judge said the Trump administration’s latest statement contradicted a “crystal clear” understanding about how overseas government workers would be treated.
US judge clears way for USAID to put more than 2,000 employees on leave
A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to put more than 2,000 U.S. Agency for International ...
Judge clears path to pull USAID personnel off the job
A Trump-appointed judge on Friday greenlighted the administration’s plans to place thousands of U.S. Agency for International ...
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Judge, convinced of overseas employees’ safety, denies injunction against USAID
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols’ ruling Friday clears the way for the Trump administration to place the vast majority of ...
Trump administration stalling medical evacuation for USAID staffers, spouses in peril, suits charge
As many as 25 USAID staffers and spouses in the later stages of high-risk pregnancies overseas say they have been left in ...
Experts say Trump comes close to the red line of openly defying judges
Faced with judges’ orders to block certain initiatives, the Trump administration has found ways to tell courts it still has ...
The USAID shutdown is upending livelihoods for nonprofit workers, farmers and other Americans
U.S. commodity farmers generally sell their harvests to grain silos and co-ops, at a per bushel rate. While the impact on Waters’ farm is not yet clear, farmers worry any time something could hit ...