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U.S. Judge Blocks DOGE from Firing Head of U.S. African Development Foundation

HeadlineMar 07, 2025

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from firing the head of the U.S. African Development Foundation after Elon Musk’s DOGE operation brought in U.S. marshals to gain access to the foundation’s headquarters on Thursday. The judge’s order came after the foundation’s president sued DOGE and State Department official Pete Marocco over their attempts to dismantle the agency, which was established in 1980 to provide grants and loans to small businesses and entrepreneurs in Africa.

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