In blow to Trump, Supreme Court frees up billions in USAID money
Trump refused to restart billions of dollars in funding disbursements for USAID after abruptly halting foreign assistance in January. The president told the Supreme Court that he shouldn’t have to comply with a federal court’s order turning on funds under a broad executive authority argument.
Alito says he's 'stunned' the Supreme Court ruled against Trump over USAID's funding
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in rejecting the Trump administration's request to cancel the foreign aid money from USAID.
Alito ‘stunned’ after Supreme Court rejection of Trump foreign aid freeze
Justice Samuel Alito issued a scathing dissent Wednesday after the Supreme Court declined to block a lower court’s order forcing the Trump administration to pay $2 billion in foreign aid immediately,
Supreme Court orders Trump to release $2 billion in foreign aid payments
The Supreme Court left in place a lower court’s decision to pause the Trump administration’s spending freeze. The administration had appealed U.S. District Judge Amir Ali’s deadline to give the federal government until Feb.
Supreme Court rebuffs Trump in fight over foreign aid bills
The Supreme Court has rebuffed the Trump administration’s request to lift a lower-court order that required the government to quickly pay nearly $2 billion that contractors and aid groups say they’re owed for U.
Supreme Court reinstates order for the Trump administration to un-freeze foreign aid
A sharply divided Supreme Court has rejected a Trump administration push to rebuke a federal judge who imposed a quick deadline to release billions of dollars in foreign aid
Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, deals defeat to Trump over disbursing foreign funds
The high court, by a 5-4 vote, turned down an appeal from President Trump's lawyers on Wednesday on the disbursement of nearly $2 billion in foreign funds.
What Alito’s Dissent Fails to Understand
The justice and his allies want to treat the foreign-aid case like an everyday spat over the terms of a government contract.
Alito decries judicial ‘hubris,’ then demonstrates it
Justice Samuel Alito's dissent was a platform to vent about his views of judicial overreach — while engaging in some himself.
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Supreme Court Stuns Conservatives
“I am stunned,” declares Justice Samuel Alito, dissenting in the Supreme ... some $2 billion for work already performed under the aegis of the United States Agency for International ...
‘I am stunned’: Justice Alito slams colleagues’ refusal to let Trump keep billions in foreign aid frozen as rewarding ‘an act of judicial hubris’
Justice Alito penned a scathing dissent after a majority of the justices refused to let the Trump administration keep ...
Judge won’t block Trump’s mass termination of USAID contractors
A judge cleared the way for Trump to fire 800 USAID contractors, rejecting claims of irreparable harm as the administration moves to dismantle the agency.
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Behind the hidden warning in Justice Alito's USAID dissent | Opinion
In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court has issued a caveat to Trump’s claim that presidents can do whatever they want.
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How USAID lost its way — and how to fix America’s humanitarian aid system
Preserve an outdated, opaque system riddled with inefficiency, or forge a leaner, results-driven model that actually serves those in need.