Court Lets Trump Block Billions of Dollars in Foreign Aid
Aid workers move bags of yellow lentils at an aid operation in Mekele, Ethiopia.
Photographer: Jemal Countess/Getty ImagesThe Trump administration can cut billions of dollars in foreign assistance funds approved by Congress for this year, a US appeals court ruled.
In a 2-1 decision on Wednesday, the appellate panel reversed a Washington federal judge who found that US officials were violating the Constitution’s separation of powers principles by failing to authorize the money to be paid in line with what the legislative branch directed.