The Trump administration can now move forward with plans to slash billions in allocated funding for the nation's premier foreign aid program , a federal court of appeals ruled on Wednesday.

In the case stylized as Global Health Council v. Trump, a 2-1 panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit determined the plaintiffs "lack a cause of action to press their claims."

On the first day of his second administration, President Donald Trump moved to all but cease foreign aid projects operated – and funded – under the banners of USAID and the State Department. In executive orders and ensuing policy directives and memorandums, the 45th and 47th president, along with various cabinet officials, moved to effectuate this policy. Within weeks, thousands of grant awards were suspended or

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