Supreme Court briefly pauses order for Trump admin to imminently release foreign aid

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.

Supreme Court Gives Trump Green Light to Freeze Nearly $2 Billion in Foreign Aid

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has given President Donald Trump's administration the green light to withhold nearly $2 billion in foreign aid. The post Supreme Court Gives Trump Green Light to Freeze Nearly $2 Billion in Foreign Aid appeared first on Slay News.

Foreign aid groups ask US Supreme Court to require Trump to release funds

By John Kruzel

Foreign aid groups ask Supreme Court to require Trump to release funds

WASHINGTON — Foreign aid organizations asked the Supreme Court on Friday to require President Donald Trump's administration to promptly pay them for work they already performed for the government, as a federal judge had ordered.

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.