12:30 a.m. Feb. 14 On Thursday night, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore USAID’s funding of foreign aid programs and conduct a detailed review of each program before making a decision on what should be eliminated.

The order allowing funds to flow again applies to existing contracts before Trump issued his Executive Order declaring a freeze on foreign assistance.

The judge faulted the logic of a blanket freeze on foreign aid spending and found that groups that depend on the aid had made a strong initial showing of “irreparable harm.”