The Department of Justice filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court seeking to vacate a lower court-imposed deadline of 11:59 p.m. Wednesday for the Trump administration to unfreeze $2 billion of foreign aid.
On Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that imposed a “90-day pause” in U.S. foreign development assistance “for assessment of programmatic efficiencies and consistency” with U.S. foreign policy.
But U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, a Joe Biden appointee, in Washington, D.C., ordered the government Tuesday to comply with his temporary restraining order by the end of Wednesday, according to The Hill. He previously directed the administration to restore the funding of foreign aid contracts and grants while litigation continues.
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