U.S. Supreme Court orders Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid payments

Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid

A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s request to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress frozen, CNN reports.

The court, however, did not immediately say when the money must be released.

According to reports, the ruling of the apex court allows the White House to continue to dispute the issue in lower courts.

The order was unsigned but four conservative justices dissented – Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.

That put five justices in the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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