U.S. Judge Halts Aid Cuts

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Humanitarian Assistance

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GOP lawmakers scramble to protect foreign aid as food relief languishes

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A federal judge temporarily lifts a freeze on U.S. aid and development programs abroad.

Food for Peace , founded in Kansas , has helped more than 4 billion people in 150 countries since 1954 .

Lawmakers are trying to protect the program from the Trump administration’s cutbacks.

Aid groups say the delays are devastating countries on the verge of famine.

The temporary gap in supplies has already been “devastating” some countries, a health expert says.

With thousands of contractors already fired, the agency’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance could ultimately lose more than 90 percent of its workforce.

That outcome raises concerns about whether existing staff can work with locals on the ground to distribute the commodities.

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