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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) — The Donald Trump administration on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to approve the withholding of billions of dollars in foreign aid, challenging a federal court ruling that forces the government to continue payments.
The Justice Department filed an emergency appeal, noting that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit earlier this month ruled to overturn the ruling.
The order remains in place, however, as the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit declined to stay it last week, ordering the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion in back foreign aid to contractors around the world.
In March, the Supreme Court refused to allow the administration to avoid making the payments. The Trump administration is now pressing for a final ruling, arguing that without judicial intervention, it would be forced to make the payments, which would be contrary to executive foreign policy decisions.
On January 20, US President D. Trump imposed a 90-day pause on all foreign aid and has since been gradually weakening the US Agency for International Development, while exploring the possibility of moving the agency under the State Department. –0–
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