Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Trump To Withhold $4 Billion In Foreign Aid

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court connected Tuesday allowed nan Trump management to withhold $4 cardinal successful spending connected overseas assistance that was antecedently appropriated by Congress, astatine slightest temporarily.

Chief Justice John Roberts issued a little bid successful consequence to nan administration's emergency petition revenge connected Monday seeking to artifact a national judge's ruling that would person required nan management to walk nan funds.

It is not a last decision, but it intends nan lawsuit is connected clasp while nan Supreme Court decides what adjacent steps to take.

Roberts asked nan groups that sued nan management successful bid to guarantee nan money is spent to record a consequence to nan government's petition by Friday afternoon.

The move comes arsenic nan Trump management has notified Congress of its volition not to walk nan funds.

Under nan Constitution, it is nan occupation of Congress to allocate costs that nan president tin spend.

Current national backing expires connected Sept. 30. The Trump management has said it wants to withhold $4 cardinal successful overseas aid, but will walk different $6.5 cardinal that Congress appropriated.

The underlying suit was brought by various groups that person foreign-aid funding, led by nan Global Health Council.