09/08/2025

Trump Administration Asks SCOTUS to Let It Withhold Foreign Aid

The dispute centers on $4 billion in foreign-aid spending

President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday to intervene in its bid to withhold billions of dollars in foreign aid authorized by Congress, part of the Republican president's effort to scale back U.S. assistance abroad.

The Justice Department asked the court to halt Washington-based U.S. District Judge Amir Ali's order requiring administration officials to take steps to spend around $4 billion that they have sought to claw back.

The money at issue in the case was intended by Congress for foreign aid, United Nations peacekeeping operations and democracy-promotion efforts overseas.

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