The Supreme Court sided with the administration of President Donald Trump on Tuesday, overturning a lower court’s stay on the administration’s freeze on billions in foreign aid.

Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office that paused the distribution of foreign aid money appropriated by Congress. As part of his wider plan to slash federal spending, Trump deemed the foreign aid payouts on global health programs and HIV/AIDS prevention wasteful and ordered his administration to halt the payouts via the State Department and USAID.

US District Court Judge Amir Ali found that the order “usurp[ed] Congress’s exclusive authority” over the country’s budget. The D.C. Court of Appeals failed to overturn the stay, leaving the Trump admin responsible for $4 billion in unspent aid appr

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