The federal government on Aug. 26 filed an application with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to suspend a court order that is preventing it from freezing billions in foreign aid.
President Donald Trump, on inauguration day, ordered a 90-day pause on all foreign aid. His presidential order was met with legal challenges from two nonprofit groups that receive federal funding grants related to aid: the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and Journalism Development Network. They alleged that Trump’s funding freeze was unlawful.
The order directed federal agencies to “immediately pause new obligations and disbursements of development assistance funds to foreign countries and implementing non-governmental organizations” while the newly elected administration reviewed the programs to see if they were consistent with its America First foreign policy objectives….