President Donald Trump lost a case on Wednesday when the US Supreme Court, which is divided, denied his request to block about $2 billion in foreign aid payments.
The court decided 5-4 to uphold a lower court order mandating payments on aid contracts that have already been fulfilled, marking its first major decision in a legal challenge to the Trump administration.
According to the justices, the federal judge who ruled to resume payments for contracts with the State Department and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) “should clarify what obligations the Government must fulfill.”
The three liberal justices on the nine-member Supreme Court voted with conservatives Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump appointment, and Chief Justice John Roberts.
