A U.S. federal judge has ruled that the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) likely violated the Constitution "in multiple ways.

Maryland-based Judge Theodore D. Chuang issued an injunction Tuesday in response to a lawsuit brought by former USAID employees and contractors, who argued Musk’s takeover of USAID—whose functions the Trump administration has largely shut down—was unconstitutional,

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from taking any more steps to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development, saying their efforts to close the foreign aid agency likely violated the U.