Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Appeals Court Let Trump Admin Cut Billions in Foreign Aid

A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court's ruling, clearing the way for the Trump administration to cut billions in foreign aid funding this year. In a 2-1 decision Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overruled a lower court's decision that prohibited the Trump administration from making drastic cuts to USAID funding that had already approved by Congress.

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Breaking News: The Trump administration can withhold billions in foreign aid, a court ruled, finding that aid groups who sued lacked the legal right to do so.

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Aug 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM

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So the line item veto was always here, it just took Trump not actually vetoing anything but simply ordering the funds to stop, for the Constitution to notice it exists. Oh and the veto can't be overridden either.

#1 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-13 05:36 PM

How much did he cut from Israel?

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-08-13 06:43 PM

#2: How much did he cut from Israel? banner2.cleanpng.com

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-13 08:19 PM

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