The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to take action.
The Trump administration has filed an application with the Supreme Court asking for an emergency order that would allow it to keep frozen billions of dollars in foreign aid.
President Donald Trump had paused foreign aid spending through an executive order at the start of his term. But a district court issued injunctions requiring the Trump administration to meet certain financial obligations related to foreign aid.
In its filing, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to stay the lower court’s decisions. It argued that the latest injunction „irreparably harms the Executive Branch.“
The crux of the legal fight is over nearly $5 billion in congressionally approved aid that Trump said in August that he would not spend, invoking disputed authority that was last used by a president roughly 50 years ago.
