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Judge orders halt to Musk shutdown of US aid agency

US President Donald Trump departs after speaking with reporters in the Grand Foyer during a tour at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after leading a board meeting on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. [AFP]

A federal judge ordered an immediate halt on Tuesday to the shutdown of the main US aid agency by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Musk and DOGE's dismantlement of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) "likely violated the United States Constitution in multiple ways," District Court Judge Theodore Chuang said.

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