Judge dismisses lawsuits challenging Trump’s dismantling of USAID
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by four groups seeking to challenge President Trump’s dismantling of USAID.
US District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, dismissed the lawsuit because the court lacks jurisdiction.
“The Court ultimately cannot reach the merits of any plaintiff’s allegations, however, because it concludes that it lacks jurisdiction over the claims of AFSA, AFGE, and Oxfam (which have moved for summary judgment after the Court denied their earlier motion for a preliminary injunction), and that it likely lacks jurisdiction over the claims of the PSCA (which has moved for a preliminary injunction). The Court will accordingly grant the government’s motion to dismiss the AFSA case and will deny the PSCA’s motion for a preliminary injunction,” the judge wrote.
Earlier this month Secretary of State Marco Rubio said USAID officially ceased operations and is no longer giving money to foreign countries.
“Beyond creating a globe-spanning NGO industrial complex at taxpayer expense, USAID has little to show since the end of the Cold War. Development objectives have rarely been met, instability has often worsened, and anti-American sentiment has only grown,” Rubio wrote in a blog post, according to Fox News.
“This era of government-sanctioned inefficiency has officially come to an end. Under the Trump Administration, we will finally have a foreign funding mission in America that prioritizes our national interests. As of July 1st, USAID will officially cease to implement foreign assistance. Foreign assistance programs that align with administration policies—and which advance American interests—will be administered by the State Department, where they will be delivered with more accountability, strategy, and efficiency,” Rubio said.
A court battle erupted after DOGE dismantled USAID earlier this year. A rogue Biden judge ordered the Trump Administration to pay billions of dollars in foreign aid contracts.
Rubio took over the agency and quietly worked to shut down the corruption and fraud.
As expected, fake news CNN is hyperventilating and claiming USAID’s closure could contribute to 14 million deaths in the next five years.
ABSURD: CNN reports that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced the OFFICIAL dismantling of USAID.
Their first reaction?
“Its closure could contribute to some 14 MILLION DEATHS in the next five years!” pic.twitter.com/1Mr9qPRu4z
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 1, 2025
[Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on The Gateway Pundit.com]