A Republican lawmaker on Thursday moved to have a judge impeached for ordering President Donald Trump's administration to lift a freeze of nearly all foreign aid, bringing to three the number of judges facing long-shot bids by conservative U.

U.S. District Judge Amir Ali denied the Department of Justice's request to push the midnight deadline by which the Trump administration needs to pay more than $1.9 billion in foreign aid. The case is now in the hands of a panel of three appellate judges – each nominated to the bench by Democratic presidents – who will decide whether to issue an emergency stay of the deadline.