Divided Supreme Court says judge can force Trump administration to pay foreign aid

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49% : But the government appealed the Feb. 26 deadline, saying it would take weeks longer for the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department to resume payments for work completed before Feb. 13. Wednesday's decision is the first by the Supreme Court on President Donald Trump's blitz of executive orders and firings in the opening weeks of his presidency.
47% : A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the Trump administration's request to block a lower court order on foreign aid funding, clearing the way for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development to restart nearly $2 billion in payments.
23% : They sued after Trump, on his first day in office, paused foreign aid for 90 days.

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