Overview

• U.S. District Judge Amir Ali ruled that the Trump administration must pay $2 billion in withheld foreign aid to contractors for completed work.
• The judge stated that freezing the funds likely violated the Constitution by undermining Congress’s exclusive power to allocate spending.
• The Supreme Court recently declined to extend a freeze on the payments, allowing the lower court ruling to proceed.
• The ruling applies only to payments for completed projects and does not reinstate canceled contracts or cover future work.
• The administration's freeze disrupted critical humanitarian programs, including vaccine delivery and HIV prevention efforts, causing significant harm.