The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to not pay billions of dollars in foreign aid to USAID and State Department partners — lifting a temporary reprieve granted by Chief Justice John Roberts last Wednesday.
The ruling was narrow, at just 5-4, and the Supreme Court did not say exactly when the money — which is for work completed before Feb. 13 — should be repaid.
Instead, the case is now back in the hands of the judge who first made the order: U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, who directed the Trump administration to pay its partners nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance last Wednesday.