A divided U.S. Supreme Court turned down the Trump administration’s request to freeze billions of dollars in foreign aid that Congress had already approved.
In a 5-4 ruling on Wednesday, the Supreme Court did not say right away when the money had to be released. This meant that the White House could keep arguing about it in lower courts.
The order wasn’t signed, but four conservative justices—Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh—didn’t agree with it.
