The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to freeze $4 billion in foreign aid payments despite Congress already allocating that money, handing another win to the president seeking to exert more authority over spending power.
All six conservative justices of the court agreed to allow Trump to freeze the billions of dollars intended to assist global aid programs that the president has deemed wasteful.
Friday’s order is essentially an extension of a previous temporary ruling from Chief Justice John Roberts, who allowed the administration to freeze the funding.
The three liberal justices dissented.
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