Trump's $2 billion foreign aid freeze hits major setback

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : The 5-4 ruling against the administration comes after Trump praised billionaire Elon Musk in his speech to a joint session of Congress The lawsuit that followed claimed that the pause breaks federal law and has shut down funding for even the most urgent life-saving programs abroad.
43% : The Trump administration has argued that the situation has changed because it has replaced a blanket spending freeze with individualized determinations that led to the cancellation of 5,800 U.S. Agency for International Development contracts and another 4,100 State Department grants totaling nearly $60 billion in aid.
39% : It's the second time the new administration has sought and failed to persuade the Supreme Court to immediately rein in a lower-court judge in legal fights over actions taken by Trump.
38% : The federal government froze foreign aid after an executive order from Trump targeting what he called wasteful programs that do not correspond to his foreign policy goals.
30% : Trump says he'll follow court rulings.

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