US supreme court clears way for Trump to withhold $5bn in foreign aid
by Chris Stein from US news | The Guardian on (#6ZXQ1)
Trump had stopped foreign aid funds by use of pocket rescission'; aid groups now have until Friday to respond
The US supreme court on Tuesday temporarily halted a lower court's order that the Trump administration spend nearly $5bn in congressionally appropriated foreign aid money that it is seeking to cancel.
The order from the conservative chief justice, John Roberts, comes amid legal wrangling over Donald Trump's moves to aggressively downsize US support of global development and emergency response, which has resulted in the dismantling of USAID.
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