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Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration’s decision to cancel billions in foreign aid can stand, a federal appeals court said today, in a major blow to global humanitarian aid.
What did the court actually decide? A three-judge panel on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the plaintiffs in the case weren’t eligible to bring the suit in the first place.
The majority found that only the Government Accountability Office can challenge the administration’s decision to withhold congressionally appropriated funds under a specific process laid out in the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
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