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Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration to Resume Foreign Aid Cuts
A federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration can withhold nearly $2 billion in foreign aid, supporting efforts to dismantle USAID despite legal challenges from non-profits.
- In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals lifted an injunction requiring the State Department to continue foreign aid payments Wednesday.
- On January 20, President Donald Trump issued an executive order pausing all foreign aid and placed much of USAID staff on leave under the State Department.
- In its majority opinion, Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson wrote that the challengers lacked legal standing to sue over the funding decision.
- The ruling delivers that the Trump administration can slash roughly $2 billion in foreign aid payments, following the decision on Wednesday.
- Amid criticisms, the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and Journalism Development Network say the aid freeze threatens global health programs, including malaria prevention and child nutrition.
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Court lets Trump’s foreign aid freeze stand — and names the one agency that can stop him
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