U.S. Supreme Courtroom Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal choose’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 Improvement (USAID) funding, which the federal choose had required by midnight. Officers had mentioned they might not have the ability to adjust to the choose’s order.
The Trump administration mentioned U.S. District Decide Amir H. Ali’s order had created “an untenable cost plan at odds with the President’s obligations below Article II to guard the integrity of the federal fisc and make acceptable judgements(sic) about overseas help – 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 might probably be comparatively short-lived.
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An American flag and USAID flag fly outdoors the USAID constructing in Washington, D.C., Feb. 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 general U.S. help world wide, placing numbers on its plans to get rid of the vast majority of U.S. growth 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 outdoors the headquarters of the U.S. Company for Worldwide Improvement, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photograph/Jose Luis Magana)
Wednesday’s disclosures additionally give an concept of the size of the administration’s retreat from U.S. help and growth help abroad, and from a long time of coverage that overseas help helps American pursuits by stabilizing different international locations and economies and constructing alliances.
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The memo mentioned officers have been “clearing important waste stemming from a long time of institutional drift.” Extra adjustments are deliberate in how USAID and the State Division ship overseas help, it mentioned, “to make use of taxpayer {dollars} correctly to advance American pursuits.”
President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend the UFC 309 occasion at Madison Sq. Backyard on Nov. 16, 2024, in New York Metropolis. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
President Donald Trump and ally Elon Musk have hit overseas help tougher 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.
The administration has filed an emergency attraction to the Supreme Courtroom in a single different case to date, arguing {that a} decrease court docket was improper 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.
