USAID shut down unconstitutional, says US court

Judge Theodore D. Chuang of the US District Court in Maryland, has said that court finds that unilateral actions to shut down USAID likely violated the United States Constitution.

Chuang said that DOGE cannot terminate any more contracts or grants of USAID, nor can it fire or put on leave any more employees. He also cut off DOGE staffers from sharing sensitive personal data kept by the agency, in a major win for groups broadly challenging Musk’s role in the federal government.