12:30 a.m. Feb. 14 On Thursday night, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore USAID’s funding of foreign aid programs and conduct a detailed review of each program before making a decision on what should be eliminated.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a funding freeze shutting down U.S. humanitarian aid and development worldwide.

Paul Martin is one of around 20 inspectors general the administration has pushed out despite objections from lawmakers who say the firing methods violate statutes.

Paul Martin's office had released a report this week detailing the negative impact of the Trump administration’s push for drastic cuts at the agency.

The White House fired the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday, a U.S. official said. It comes a day after the watchdog's office warned that the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID had made it all but impossible to monitor $8.

USAID Inspector General Paul Martin was told Tuesday he was immediately terminated from his position, CNN reported, citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter. Martin published a report Monday saying the Trump administration’s targeting of USAID’s staff and foreign assistance resources made it harder to respond to allegations of misused humanitarian assistance and hindered USAID’s ability to vet aid recipients for potential terrorist ties.