The Trump administration urgently appealed to the Supreme Court to halt a lower court's order to release $12 billion in foreign aid. A lower court ruled against the administration's proposed cuts, despite an appeals court initially siding with Trump. The administration argues this forces them to spend the money against their foreign policy judgments, causing irreparable diplomatic harm. The Supreme Court previously rejected a similar request but allowed the case to proceed in lower courts. The administration now seeks Supreme Court intervention by September 2nd to prevent the release of funds for global health and HIV/AIDS programs.

Prepared by Lauren Mitchell and reviewed by editorial team.