The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to let it freeze billions of dollars in foreign aid, potentially initiating a key battle at the high court over president’s bid to expand his power over federal spending.

The Justice Department on Monday filed an emergency application at the high court after a federal appeals court upheld a judge’s order requiring the administration to spend funds that Congress approved for aid programs worldwide before it starts to expire on Sept. 30.

Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued in the government’s application that the lower court’s injunction would force the administration to obligate those funds at “breakneck speed” to meet the deadline, even as it has asked Congress to rescind them.

“The President can hardly speak with one voice in fore

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