U.S. Supreme Court docket Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal choose’s order that required the Trump administration to pay round $2 billion in international assist funds to contractors by midnight.
The ruling comes after the Trump administration requested the Supreme Court docket for an emergency order to dam the discharge of U.S. Company for Worldwide Growth (USAID) funding, which the federal choose had required by midnight. Officers had stated they might not be capable of adjust to the choose’s order.
The Trump administration stated U.S. District Decide Amir H. Ali’s order had created “an untenable fee plan at odds with the President’s obligations beneath Article II to guard the integrity of the federal fisc and make acceptable judgements(sic) about international assist – clear types of irreparable hurt.”
Any response from the teams which might be combating the Trump administration is due earlier than Friday at 12 p.m., that means the pause may probably be comparatively short-lived.
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An American flag and USAID flag fly outdoors the USAID constructing in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 1, 2025. (REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon)
The Trump administration stated it was eliminating greater than 90% of USAID’s international assist contracts and $60 billion in total U.S. help world wide, placing numbers on its plans to remove the vast majority of U.S. improvement and humanitarian assist overseas.
The cuts detailed by the administration would go away few surviving USAID initiatives for advocates to attempt to save in what are ongoing courtroom battles with the administration.
Flowers and an indication are positioned outdoors the headquarters of the U.S. Company for Worldwide Growth, or USAID, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photograph/Jose Luis Magana)
Wednesday’s disclosures additionally give an thought of the dimensions of the administration’s retreat from U.S. assist and improvement help abroad, and from a long time of coverage that international assist helps American pursuits by stabilizing different nations and economies and constructing alliances.
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The memo stated officers have been “clearing important waste stemming from a long time of institutional drift.” Extra modifications are deliberate in how USAID and the State Division ship international help, it stated, “to make use of taxpayer {dollars} properly to advance American pursuits.”
President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk pose for a photograph in the course of the UFC 309 occasion at Madison Sq. Backyard on November 16, 2024 in New York Metropolis. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
President Donald Trump and ally Elon Musk have hit international assist more durable and quicker than virtually another goal of their push to chop the scale of the federal authorities. Each males say USAID initiatives advance a liberal agenda and are a waste of cash.
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The administration has filed an emergency attraction to the Supreme Court docket in a single different case up to now, arguing {that a} decrease courtroom was mistaken to reinstate the pinnacle of a federal watchdog company after Trump fired him.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
Fox Information’ Invoice Mears and Shannon Bream contributed to this report.
