On Wednesday, a federal appeals court lifted an injunction that had compelled the U.S. State Department to continue making foreign aid payments, representing a victory for President Donald Trump.
In a 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit determined that a lower court had erred in mandating the Trump administration to resume foreign assistance payments that had previously received Congressional approval.
On January 20, coinciding with his second inauguration, Trump issued an executive order imposing a 90-day suspension on all foreign aid. This order was succeeded by extensive measures aimed at reducing the operations of USAID, the principal U.S. foreign aid agency, which included placing a significant portion of its personnel on leave and contemplating the integration of the once-independent agency into the State Department, as reported by Reuters.
