US Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to freeze $2 billion in foreign aid payments

A divided US Supreme Court has rejected a bid by President Donald Trump to freeze some $2 billion in foreign aid payments.

The court, in its first significant ruling on a legal challenge to Trump, votes 5-4 to uphold a lower court ruling requiring the administration to make payments on contracts which have already been completed.

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