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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to continue payments on $2 billion in foreign aid that had been frozen, overturning an administrative stay that Chief Justice John Roberts entered in late February. Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas dissented with the ruling. …

In a rapid succession of legal rulings, three different federal judges on Tuesday delivered stinging rebukes to President Donald Trump’s administration, blocking key policies that had been at the center of his early second-term agenda. The decisions—issued in Washington, D.C., and Washington state—underscore the judiciary’s pivotal role in challenging the …

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration has not fully complied with a court order blocking its sweeping freeze on foreign assistance, ordering officials to “immediately cease” any continued suspension of aid disbursements. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, who last week issued an injunction against the administration’s aid …