US EditionSupreme Court briefly pauses order for Trump admin to imminently release foreign aid
- Chief Justice John Roberts paused a federal judge's order that required President Donald Trump's administration to release foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients.
- The Trump administration is eliminating over 90% of foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall assistance worldwide.
- The dispute over foreign aid funding arose from lawsuits by aid organizations claiming illegal freezes on payments.
- According to a report, the U.S. Agency for International Development assisted about 130 countries with a workforce of 10,000.
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Judge orders USAID and State Department to pay funds ‘unlawfully’ withheld
The order prohibited the agencies from “unlawfully impounding congressionally appropriated foreign aid funds” owed to contractors and grant recipients. It applied to work completed before Feb. 13.
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow warns Trump may 'effectively declare war' on US after looming ruling
The stark possibility of President Donald Trump potentially ignoring a court order sparked by his administration’s foreign aid freeze could explode into a full-on constitutional crisis — “and effectively end the republic,” Rachel Maddow said Thursday night as she delivered an ominous warning to view...
US Supreme Court temporarily allows Trump's freeze of foreign aid funding
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients.
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