Washington, Mar 7 (AP) A federal judge on Thursday gave the Trump administration until Monday to pay nearly $2 billion in debts to partners of the US Agency for International Development and the State Department, thawing the administration's six-week funding freeze on all foreign assistance. US District Judge Amir Ali ruled in favour of nonprofit groups and businesses that sued over the funding freeze, which has forced organisations around the world to slash services and lay off thousands of workers. Also Read | Famous Birthdays on March 7: Viv Richards, Rachel Weisz, Anupam Kher and Ghulam Nabi Azad - Know About Influential Figures Born on March 7. Ali issued his order a day after a divided Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's bid to freeze funding that flowed through USAID. The high court instructed Ali to clarify what the government must do to comply with his earlier order requiring the quick release of funds for work that had already been done. (AP) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)