The judge faulted the logic of a blanket freeze on foreign aid spending and found that groups that depend on the aid had made a strong initial showing of “irreparable harm.”

A federal judge on Thursday night temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid funding. He has ordered the reinstatement of contracts and awards for foreign development projects.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a three-week funding freeze that has shut down U.S. aid and development programs abroad