Trump administration withholding foreign aid despite court order, judge says

Flags for the US and The US Agency for International Development, or USAID (Carolyn Kaster, File/AP)

The Trump administration has kept withholding foreign aid despite a court order and must at least temporarily restore the funding to programmes worldwide, a federal judge said on Thursday.

Judge Amir H Ali declined a request by nonprofit groups doing business with the US Agency for International Development to find Trump administration officials in contempt of his order.