Trump foreign aid freeze to stay, Supreme Court chief says
The top judge in the United States has given temporary backing to the Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid payments. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' intervention came as the administration faced a midnight deadline (05:00 GMT on Thursday) to pay contractors.
Chief Justice John Roberts pauses order for Trump admin to pay $2 billion in foreign aid by midnight
Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a court-imposed midnight deadline that would have required the Trump administration to release $2 billion in frozen foreign aid, a goal that the government has claimed it is unable to meet.
Trump administration says it’s cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts
The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a judge’s order giving the Trump administration a midnight deadline to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid.
Chief Justice Allows U.S. to Continue Freeze on Foreign Aid Payments
Lawyers for the government had said it would miss a deadline to release more than $1.5 billion in payments for past aid work and sought a late intervention from the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court delays deadline for Trump administration to pay $1.9B in foreign aid
The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily delayed a court-mandated deadline requiring the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion to contracted aid organizations for work they already completed. Chief Justice John Roberts,
Donald Trump’s court battle over foreign aid
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Trump administration rushes to Supreme Court as it fights judge’s order forcing foreign-aid payments
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Wednesday night to lift a judge’s order requiring the federal government to pay nearly $2 billion in unpaid invoices from foreign-aid contractors in a matter of hours.
Trump Takes Fight Over Foreign Aid Funding to US Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to put on hold a federal judge's order requiring the government to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients for past work.
Live Updates: Trump Administration Cuts Nearly 10,000 Foreign Aid Programs
Lawyers for the Trump administration said that the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department were losing nearly 10,000 contracts and grants, including some that paid for H.I.V.
Supreme Court temporarily pauses judge's order on releasing frozen foreign aid funding
In court filings, the Trump administration contended it would take "weeks" to free the funding that a federal judge ordered released almost two weeks ago.
Chief Justice John Roberts pauses judge’s order for Trump admin to pay foreign aid contractors by midnight
U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has paused a federal judge’s order that required the Trump administration to pay out foreign aid funds to contractors by midnight.
Emergency Fundraisers Offer a Lifeline to Groups Who've Lost Foreign Aid
Several nonprofit groups launched fundraising campaigns last week to help organizations who have lost funding because of the ...
U.S. Foreign-Aid Halt Is Making Scrutiny of China Even Harder
A funding freeze is rocking nonprofits that collected increasingly scarce information in a country that Trump has deemed a ...
These countries could lose the most, if U.S. stops aid
Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Nigeria received the most aid from the U.S. in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. The Health and ...