Ruling upholds district judge’s order for administration to release funding from USAID
The US Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, rejected the Trump administration's request to withhold payments to foreign aid organizations for completed work, upholding a lower court order to release USAID and State Department funding. Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett joined the court's liberals in the majority. The administration claimed the order was judicial overreach and scrutinizing payments would take weeks, while aid organizations warned of "extraordinary and irreversible harm" if the freeze continued.
