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Supreme Court Hands Trump A Major Win, Allows $4 Billion In Foreign Aid Freeze To Stay In Place As Congressional Deadline Looms

On Friday, the Supreme Court gave the Donald Trump-led administration permission to keep $4 billion in foreign aid frozen, which was set to expire on Sept. 30.

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Supreme Court allows US to cancel $4 billion in foreign aid funds - Roll Call

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to effectively cancel about $4 billion in appropriated foreign aid funds.

Roll Call

Supreme Court for now allows US to hold funds it wants to rescind - Roll Call

The Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily allowed the Trump administration to hold on to billions in foreign aid funds that it wants to cancel.

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Trump gets big Supreme Court win and is allowed to freeze billions in foreign aid — for now

Government lawyers claimed unfreezing aid poses ‘grave and urgent threat’ to the presidency

The Independent UK

Trump asks Supreme Court to let it cut billions in foreign aid

Request comes after an appeals court orders Trump to distribute the congressionally approved funds.

Al Jazeera

US asks Supreme Court to allow halt on some foreign aid spending - Roll Call

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow the government to not make about $4 billion in foreign aid payments.

Roll Call

Judge blocks Trump’s bid to cut $4bn in US foreign aid

Federal judge says Trump administration cannot refuse to spend funds appropriated by US Congress.

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Appeals court backs Trump's foreign aid freeze, triggering global concerns

A US Court of Appeals ruled that the Trump administration can suspend billions in foreign aid, despite challenges from grant recipients. This decision follows Trump's executive order to freeze aid spending, which critics argue could result in millions of deaths by 2030.

Euronews

US appeals court lets Trump slash billions in foreign aid

Critics argue President Trump has overstepped his constitutional authority by slashing congressionally approved aid.

Al Jazeera

From Pakistan to Spain via the Canaries, smugglers are using longer, more dangerous migration routes

A failed crossing from Mauritania’s coast toward Spain’s Canary Islands in which 44 Pakistanis perished earlier this year has cast a spotlight on how globalized and sophisticated smuggling networks on the West African coast have become

The Independent UK

District Court Rules Trump Violated Constitution by Usurping Congress's Spending Power

The decision involved administration attempts to withhold spending on foreign aid contracts, but has much broader implications.

Reason

Republicans May Regret Undermining Judicial Independence

Threats to impeach federal judges who rule against the government are a naked attack on their constitutionally crucial function.

Reason

USAID staff ordered to shred and torch records as Trump is named in emergency court motion

Emergency motion filed to stop the destruction

The Independent UK

Suspension of USAID funding by Trump administration likely violated Constitution, judge says

For the second time, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to pay out money Congress appropriated to foreign aid partners

The Independent UK

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Alito's USAID dissent is a map for Trump

The Supreme Court justice insists that President Trump can disregard federal law simply because he disapproves

Latin Times

Judge Gives Hard Deadline To Trump Administration To Make USAID Payments After Legal Setback

The case stems from lawsuits filed by several non-profit organizations over the Trump administration's foreign aid freeze as part of a broader effort to cut federal spending

The Conversation

How Trump’s $2B court battle over foreign aid could reshape executive authority

Amid the chaos of the Trump administration’s first few weeks in office, a court case regarding the president’s legal right to stop payment of nearly US$2 billion in U.S. Agency for International Development contracts poses an important legal question whose answer may show just how strong the country’s separation of…

International Business Times

Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration To Expedite Partial Repayment Of $2B USAID Debts

A deadline has been set for Monday to repay the amounts owed to at least nine aid groups that filed a lawsuit after President Donald Trump halted all U.S. foreign assistance.

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SCOTUS rejects Trump aid freeze

A divided Supreme Court narrowly ruled that Trump must release appropriated foreign aid payments

The Guardian - US

Supreme court rejects Trump request to continue freezing $2bn in foreign aid

John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett join liberal justices to leave in place lower-court order on USAid cuts

Roll Call

Supreme Court orders clarity on order unfreezing USAID funds - Roll Call

The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request from the Trump administration to halt an order requiring payments of foreign assistance funds.

International Business Times

Trump Administration Gets A Breather As Supreme Court Temporarily Pauses Foreign Aid Deadline

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a temporary order, known as an "administrative stay," putting the deadline on hold. This action gives the court a few days to review the case and the administration's request to block the ruling.

Dynamite News

US Supreme Court pauses Federal Court's order on Trump Administration foreign aid

US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday briefly paused a midnight deadline for the Donald Trump administration to unfreeze nearly USD 2 billion in foreign aid payments. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Supreme Court pauses judge’s order for Trump to unfreeze USAID payments in first DOGE test for justices

High court temporarily blocks judge’s order just before midnight deadline to restart aid payments

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Trump Administration Appeals To Supreme Court Over Foreign Aid Payments

Trump administration seeks Supreme Court intervention to halt billion foreign aid payments.

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