US Supreme Court allows Donald Trump's freeze of foreign aid funding temporarily
By : Sandhya
US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients.
Roberts issued an interim order placing on hold Washington-based US District Judge Amir Ali's action that had imposed a deadline of 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday night. Roberts provided no rationale for the order, known as an administrative stay, which will give the court additional time to consider the administration's more formal request to block Ali's ruling.
Roberts asked for a response from the plaintiffs - organizations that contract with or receive grants from the US Agency for International Development and the State Department - by noon on Friday.