Trump asks Supreme Court for emergency order to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid frozen Updated 2 mins ago The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for an emergency order to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid frozen. The Republican administration filed its appeal Monday. The crux of the legal fight is over $4.9 billion in congressionally approved aid President Donald Trump last month said he would not spend, invoking disputed authority last used by a president roughly 50 years ago. Last week, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali ruled the administration’s decision to withhold the funding was likely illegal. Trump's administration calls the ruling “an unlawful injunction" and urges the justices to block it. Lawyers for the nonprofit organizations that sued the government say

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