Trump administration seeks Supreme Court's intervention in foreign aid freeze dispute
CBSN
Washington — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to intervene in a dispute involving an estimated $2 billion in foreign assistance funds from the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris asked the high court to put on hold an order from a federal district judge that required the Trump administration to pay all invoices and funding requests to the State Department and USAID contractors for work finished before Feb. 13. The judge, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, gave the State Department and USAID until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday to pay its bills.
In its request for emergency relief from the Supreme Court, Harris said that Ali's order covers an estimated $2 billion and said his Wednesday night deadline "moved the goalposts."
