Trump takes fight over foreign aid funding to U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters from the Resolute Desk after signing an executive order to appoint the deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration in the Oval Office at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to put on hold a federal judge’s order requiring the government to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients for past work.

The administration filed a request urging the justices to halt Washington-based U.S. District Judge Amir Ali’s order, arguing that it amounted to judicial overreach. Ali’s order gave the administration a deadline of 11:59 p.m. Wednesday night.

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