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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio

Supreme Court says Trump is allowed to freeze $4 billion in funding, overriding Congress’s spending power

The Supreme Court is allowing Donald Trump to freeze $4 billion in foreign aid payments despite Congress already allocating that money, handing another win to the president seeking to exert more authority over spending power.

All six conservative justices of the court agreed to allow Trump to freeze the billions of dollars, intended to assist global aid programs, that the president has deemed wasteful.

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