Appeals court lets Trump administration suspend or end billions in foreign aid funding Politics Aug 13, 2025 4:24 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided panel of appeals court judges ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration can suspend or terminate billions of dollars of congressionally appropriated funding for foreign aid.

Two of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that grant recipients challenging the freeze did not meet the requirements for a preliminary injunction restoring the flow of money.

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In January, on the first day of his second term in the White House, Republican President Donald Trump issued an executive or

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