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Roberts Temporarily Lets Trump Hold Back Billions in Foreign Aid as Supreme Court Reviews Emergency Appeal

The order gives the justices time to assess the administration’s bid to use a late rescission under the Impoundment Control Act.

A security guard walks down the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
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FILE - John Roberts, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, speaks during lecture to the Georgetown Law School graduating class of 2025, in Washington, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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Overview

  • Chief Justice John Roberts issued an administrative stay that pauses a lower-court directive requiring the government to obligate disputed funds this month.
  • The stay applies to money covered by President Trump’s Aug. 28 pocket rescission notice, allowing the administration to withhold roughly $4 billion for now.
  • Plaintiffs must respond to the government’s emergency filing by Friday, with a Sept. 30 fiscal deadline looming for funds that otherwise expire.
  • U.S. District Judge Amir Ali previously ruled the funds must be spent unless Congress affirmatively approves a rescission, and the D.C. Circuit declined to halt that order.
  • The administration says it will obligate about $6.5 billion but argues withholding the rest is lawful and necessary, while aid groups say the freeze violates federal law and disrupts global health, peacekeeping, and democracy programs.