Supreme court rejects suspension of $2 billion foreign-aid funding

Published 05/03/2025, 16:16
Supreme court rejects suspension of $2 billion foreign-aid funding

Investing.com -- The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, has declined to suspend a lower court’s order that directed the Trump administration to resume nearly $2 billion in foreign-aid funding. The decision came on Wednesday, after Chief Justice John Roberts had briefly put a hold on a deadline for the government to make the payments last week. The hold has now been removed by the court’s majority.

The Supreme Court’s majority also instructed a federal trial judge to give due consideration to the feasibility of any compliance timelines.

The case, titled Department of State, et al. v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, et al., had its roots in a temporary restraining order issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on February 13, 2025. The order prevented the government from enforcing directives that paused disbursements of foreign development assistance funds.

The present application does not challenge the government’s obligation to follow that order. On February 25, the District Court ordered the government to issue payments for a portion of the paused disbursements, specifically those owed for work already completed before the issuance of the District Court’s temporary restraining order, by 11:59 p.m. on February 26.

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