Fourth Circuit Temporarily Allows DOGE to Continue Dismantling USAID

A federal appeals court on March 25 temporarily put a lower court order on hold that blocked Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)-led efforts at downsizing the U.S. Agency for International Development (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 “hereby is stayed until the close of business of Thursday, March 27, 2025.” 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 “wind down” USAID, the president said “I think so.”...