US Supreme Court paves way for Trump to cut $4bn in foreign aid | Donald Trump News

Emergency stay granted by court one day after government requests it be allowed to ignore lower court order.

The US Supreme Court has paused a judge’s order that required the administration of US President Donald Trump to promptly take steps to spend billions in Congressionally approved foreign aid.

On Tuesday, one day after the government requested the emergency stay, the nation’s highest court granted the request.

Known as an administrative stay, the…