The Trump administration has filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid funding frozen.

The funding includes approximately $12 billion meant to be spent by September 30, covering programs such as global health and HIV/AIDS initiatives.

The big picture: The appeal aims to halt lower court rulings that have blocked the freeze and allowed aid funds to continue flowing.

Flashback: Earlier this year, the Supreme Court was split 5-4 on this issue but subsequently sided with the administration in other notable cases.

Driving the news: The administration argues that a March judge’s order requiring the continuation of funding unnecessarily interferes with the president’s negotiations with Congress on budget cuts. • President Trump has characteriz

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