The US Supreme Court on Friday sided with President Donald Trump’s administration in a dispute over foreign aid funding , granting the president’s request to freeze $4 billion in appropriations that Congress had already enacted but the administration sought to rescind.

The court’s majority stayed a lower court ruling that had directed the administration to obligate the funds by the end of the fiscal year on September 30. The justices said the government had made a “sufficient showing” that the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 bars lawsuits brought by private organizations to enforce spending laws and emphasized the executive branch’s authority in foreign affairs.

“The asserted harms to the Executive’s conduct of foreign affairs appear to outweigh the potential harm faced by respon

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