A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court's ruling, clearing the way for the Trump administration to cut billions in foreign aid funding this year.

NOTE: The video is from a previous report.

In a 2-1 decision Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overruled a lower court's decision that prohibited the Trump administration from making drastic cuts to USAID funding that had already approved by Congress.

The court sidestepped the substantive question of whether the cuts were constitutional, instead deciding that the nonprofits that sued the Trump administration lacked the standing to bring a case.

Boxes of Plumpy'Nut are labeled with "USAID" as they sit waiting to be shipped from Edesia Nutrition's warehouse, Friday, March 14, 2025, in North Kingstown, R.I.

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