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Supreme Court lets Trump withhold $4 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress

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(CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump to freeze $4 billion in foreign aid payments, handing the White House a significant victory in its monthslong quest

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  1. The Guardian

    US supreme court allows Trump to withhold nearly $5bn in foreign aid (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Justices rule in favour of administration, handing Trump another victory in dispute over presidential power

  2. KVOA Tucson

    Supreme Court lets Trump withhold $4 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress (opens KVOA Tucson)

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    KVOA Tucson's feed description

    (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump to freeze $4 billion in foreign aid payments, handing the White House a significant victory in its monthslong quest

  3. WDIO Duluth

    Supreme Court keeps in place Trump funding freeze that threatens billions of dollars in foreign aid (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    WDIO Duluth's feed description

    The Supreme Court is extending an order that allows President Donald Trump's administration to keep frozen nearly $5 billion in foreign aid, handing him another victory in a dispute over presidential power.

  4. NBC Chicago

    Supreme Court allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid funding (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    President Donald Trump has asserted the power to unilaterally withhold funds allocated by Congress.

  5. WMUR

    Supreme Court backs Trump in nearly $5B foreign aid freeze (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    The Supreme Court on Friday extended an order that allows President Donald Trump's administration to keep frozen nearly $5 billion in foreign aid.

  6. The Daily Caller

    Supreme Court Lets Trump Admin Hold Back $4 Billion In Foreign Aid (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration Friday to hold back $4 billion in foreign aid funds.

  7. Newsweek

    Donald Trump Wins Supreme Court Fight to Withhold Billions in Foreign Aid (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The Supreme Court let Trump keep $5B in foreign aid frozen, siding with his administration in a dispute over presidential power and spending.

  8. Al Jazeera

    US Supreme Court sides with Trump on freezing $4bn in foreign aid (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    A lower court had previously ordered Trump to disburse the congressionally approved aid before its expiration date.

  9. Fox News

    Supreme Court extends Trump administration's $5 billion foreign aid freeze amid ongoing legal challenge (opens Fox News)

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    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow President Donald Trump to continue blocking $5 billion in foreign aid using a pocket rescission mechanism.

  10. SCOTUSblog

    Supreme Court allows Trump administration to withhold billions in foreign-aid funding (opens SCOTUSblog)

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    The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to withhold nearly $4 billion in foreign-aid funding. Over a dissent by the court’s three Democratic appointees, the […]

  11. Roll Call

    Supreme Court allows US to cancel $4 billion in foreign aid funds (opens Roll Call)

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    The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to effectively cancel about $4 billion in appropriated foreign aid funds.

  12. Anchorage Daily News

    Supreme Court allows Trump officials to freeze billions in foreign aid (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    The ruling is a victory for the president’s aggressive push to exert greater control over federal spending.

  13. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Supreme Court lets Trump withhold $4 billion in foreign aid (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    The Supreme Court sided again on Friday with Donald Trump, allowing his administration to withhold about $4 billion in foreign aid authorized by Congress for the current fiscal year as

  14. Legal Insurrection

    Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Trump’s “Pocket Rescission” of $4 billion in Foreign Aid (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    The fight over funding is the heart of the Trump agenda to disembowel the Democrat-Leftist activist federal-government-funded industrial complex. Trump is gaining the upper hand in SCOTUS and gradually overcoming lower court resistance.

  15. NPR

    Supreme Court allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid (opens NPR)

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    The court's majority said Trump's foreign policy authority outweighed the harms claimed by the international aid groups suing.

  16. New York Post

    Supreme Court rules Trump can withhold $4B in foreign aid (opens New York Post)

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    The Supreme Court allowed the government Friday to freeze more than $4 billion in foreign aid payments that President Trump moved to cancel in a rare “pocket rescission” last month.

  17. Washington Examiner

    Supreme Court allows Trump to halt $4 billion in foreign aid for now (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The Supreme Court allowed $4 billion in foreign aid expiring at the end of September to remain frozen pending litigation in lower courts.

  18. The Hill

    Supreme Court lets Trump administration freeze billions in foreign aid (opens The Hill)

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    The Supreme Court allows Trump administration to freeze billions in foreign aid set to expire next week, done through a pocket rescission, extending the pause on a lower court's ruling.

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