Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts granted President Donald Trump a temporary stay on a recent order that would have forced the administration to spend billions in foreign aid by the end of September.
Roberts did not provide a reason for his decision.
Groups such as the Global Health Council and AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition sued the Trump administration for the freeze.
The administration wanted to spend $6.5 million of the allocated funds and withhold $4 billion.
White House budget chief Russ Vought tried to withhold the funds with a tactic called “‘pocket recission’ – an attempt to circumvent Congress’ power of the purse by declaring his intent to cut spending with limited time for lawmakers to respond.”
On September 4, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali ruled that Trump withholding the money without Congress’s approval would be illegal.
Ali told Trump to spend all $10.5 billion of the funds.
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