Trump State Department Appointee

USAID, Trump administration and Amir Ali

Who is Judge Amir Ali? The Biden-appointed federal judge at the center of Trump's USAID battle

The federal judge presiding over a challenge to the Trump administration's pause on USAID spending, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, is a new face on the bench appointed by President Biden.

The Washington Post on MSN · 16h

Who is Amir Ali, the judge who ordered Trump to pay USAID bills?

U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali, who is overseeing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its decision to suspend foreign assistance, ordered the government on Monday to pay nearly $2 billion in outstanding aid to its humanitarian partners worldwide.

Detroit News · 15h

Who is Amir Ali, the judge who blocked Trump’s USAID funding freeze?

Ali, who has been on the bench for less than four months, rose to national prominence in February when he blocked President Donald Trump’s 90-day funding freeze, becoming one of several federal judges across the country to strike down one of Trump’s executive orders.

Rubio, State and USA

The Beaumont Enterprise · 19h

The Latest: Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs is complete

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration has finished its six-week purge of programs of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency for International Development, cutting 83% of them, and said he would move the remaining aid programs under the State Department.

Associated Press News on MSN · 1d

Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency's programs gone

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programs of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency for International Development and he would move the 18% of aid and development programs that survived under the State Department.

ABC News · 1d

Sec. of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, 83% of programs gone

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is signaling that the Trump administration has finished its six-week dismantling of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency for International Development

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Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing Congress' funding for USAID, judge says

A federal judge says President Donald Trump overstepped his authority in freezing almost all spending on U.S. humanitarian ...

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UNC System president backs Trump appointee. What about political ‘neutrality’ rule?

I’m certainly not taking a position on any political issue,” the university president said of his letter supporting Linda ...

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Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency

President Donald Trump’s political appointees, along with billionaire Elon Musk ... memorialized by a senior official from inside Trump’s administration. The State Department, USAID and Elon ...

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Trump Appoints Former Aide Indicted in Classified Documents Case to U.S. Naval Academy Board

President Donald Trump announced on Friday night that he named a former indicted co-conspirator of his to the U.S. Naval ...

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Chief justice halts lower court decision ordering Trump administration to pay State Department, USAID contractors

Roberts gave the State Department and USAID contractors until noon Friday to respond to the Trump ... Ali, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden in 2024, is overseeing the case ...

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State Department diplomacy official scrambles to delete attacks on Marco Rubio's sexuality

The recently appointed acting under secretary of state for public diplomacy has been busy deleting posts on social media ...

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Judge Weighs USAID Classified Document Destruction Amid Trump Shutdown

Lawsuits are mounting over the Trump administration's shutdown of most US foreign assistance and the targeting of the aid ...

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