A federal judge has given the Trump administration less than two days to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid.

The ruling marked the second the time a federal judge had pushed the Trump administration to act after finding that it had ignored an earlier order.

(Reuters) - A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday night, saying there was no sign that it had taken any steps to comply with his earlier order that the funds be unfrozen.

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration has less than two days to release billions of dollars in blocked foreign aid after determining it failed to comply with a previous court order

With immediate aid still held up and future food procurements in limbo, a former USAID official warns of “a global catastrophe.”

The Trump administration must immediately restore funding to USAID and several of its nonprofit partners that say they face “the prospect of ceasing operations this week” without the monetary aid, a US judge said following an emergency hearing Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Amir Ali grew impatient during a hearing with a lack of clear responses from the administration’s lawyers.

A federal judge has given the Trump administration less than two days to release billions of dollars in blocked funding for U.S. foreign aid

Judge Amir Ali said the Trump administration violated a court order about foreign aid and is ordering them to pay millions to nonprofits.