U.S. Supreme Courtroom Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal decide’s order that required the Trump administration to pay round $2 billion in overseas help funds to contractors by midnight.
The ruling comes after the Trump administration requested the Supreme Courtroom for an emergency order to dam the discharge of U.S. Company for Worldwide Growth (USAID) funding, which the federal decide had required by midnight. Officers had mentioned they might not be capable to adjust to the decide’s order.
The Trump administration mentioned U.S. District Choose Amir H. Ali’s order had created “an untenable payment plan at odds with the President’s obligations under Article II to protect the integrity of the federal fisc and make appropriate judgements(sic) about foreign aid – clear forms of irreparable harm.”
Any response from the teams which might be combating the Trump administration is due earlier than Friday at 12 p.m., which means the pause may probably be comparatively short-lived.
An American flag and USAID flag fly exterior the USAID constructing in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 1, 2025. (REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon)
The Trump administration mentioned it was eliminating greater than 90% of USAID’s overseas help contracts and $60 billion in total U.S. help around the globe, placing numbers on its plans to remove nearly all 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 court docket battles with the administration.
Flowers and an indication are positioned exterior 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 size of the administration’s retreat from U.S. help and improvement help abroad, and from a long time of coverage that overseas help helps American pursuits by stabilizing different nations and economies and constructing alliances.
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The memo mentioned officers had been “clearing significant waste stemming from decades of institutional drift.” Extra modifications are deliberate in how USAID and the State Division ship overseas help, it mentioned, “to use taxpayer dollars wisely to advance American interests.”
President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk pose for a photograph throughout 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 overseas help more durable and sooner than virtually another goal of their push to chop the dimensions 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 Courtroom in a single different case up to now, arguing {that a} decrease court docket was incorrect to reinstate the top 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.
