US EditionUS Supreme Court pauses judge's order that Trump spend foreign aid
- On September 9, 2025, Chief Justice John Roberts issued a temporary order that upheld the Trump administration's freeze on nearly $5 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid.
- This ruling followed a lower court decision by U.S. District Judge Amir Ali that the administration could not withhold $4 billion in foreign aid without congressional approval, which Trump’s team challenged.
- The frozen aid funds, intended for programs supporting global health and HIV/AIDS, were designated for the federal agency responsible for international development efforts, which the administration has mostly dismantled.
- Roberts issued a temporary stay to allow the full Supreme Court additional time to examine the case, emphasizing that decisions regarding foreign aid funding involve both the legislative and executive branches.
- The temporary order delays the release of funds amid ongoing litigation and complicates government shutdown negotiations, leaving foreign aid payments uncertain through the end of September.
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Supreme Court allows Trump to temporarily withhold nearly $5B in foreign aid payments
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the administration to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid payments that President Trump moved to cancel in a rare “pocket rescission” last month.
Chief Justice John Roberts unilaterally halts aid in Trump’s emergency Supreme Court fight
Billions in foreign aid will be frozen again after Chief Justice John Roberts intervened to stop a lower-court decision to continue the funding until the case is fully adjudicated. President Donald Trump begged the court in an emergency to stop a ruling from last week by Judge Amir Ali, who said onl...
By John Fritze, CNN The Chief Justice, John Roberts, on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to freeze billions in foreign aid payments for now, leaving on hold a lower court decision requiring officials to spend $4 billion of that money by the end of the month. Roberts, who handles emergency appeals from the federal courts in Washington, issued what is known as an administrative suspension, a temporary order to give judges more time to revi…
Congress approved $4B in foreign aid. The Supreme Court says Trump can block the spending.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Trump administration can temporarily hold on to $4 billion in foreign aid funding approved by Congress, overturning a lower court’s order and continuing a struggle over who controls the nation’s purse strings. The one-page ruling from the emergency docket, signed by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., came just o…
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