The Supreme Court Wednesday rejected President Trump’s emergency request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid, saying a lower court judge “should clarify what obligations the government must fulfill.”
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the three liberal justices in a 5-4 vote. The case focuses on the U.S. Agency for International Development and aid the administration halted on Mr. Trump’s first day in office.
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Delivering the longest address to Congress in modern presidential history on Tuesday night, Trump signaled a reset with Ukraine, reiterated his belief in tariffs and stressed his support for Elon Musk’s effort to overhaul government.
Democrats however lodged protests throughout the evening, but Trump argued that it was the Democrats who left him a country besieged by crises that he was working to clean up
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