Supreme Court rules on nearly $2 billion in USAID payments paused by Trump
The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the Trump administration's request to block a lower court order to pay nearly $2 billion in foreign aid, delivering short-term grace to international aid groups and contractors seeking payments for previously completed projects. In a one-paragraph decision, the court said that the February 26 deadline imposed by the lower […]
Mexico’s lawsuit against American gunmakers faces tough Supreme Court questions
The U.S. Supreme Court appears skeptical of Mexico's efforts to hold American gunmen legally responsible for their arms being smuggled and contributing to the country's drug cartel violence on Tuesday. During a lively oral discussion of 90 minutes, the judge debated whether the production and sales of firearms in the United States were the source […]
Competing rulings on under 21 handgun sales could put issue before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court can quickly consider whether people under the age of 21 have the right to purchase a handgun. This could support federal restrictions decades ago and reconstruct the country's gun laws. In January, the New Orleans-based right-leaning Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals broke the federal government's decades-old ban on handgun purchases for ages […]
Mexico Extradites Los Zetas Cartel Supreme Leaders Ahead of Meeting with U.S. Diplomats
Mexican authorities handed over two of Los Zetas's top leaders just hours before the country's security cabinet was set up to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his staff. On Thursday morning, Mexican authorities working with US authorities handed over Los Zetta's supreme leader, Miguel Angel “Z-40” Trevino Morales and his brother “Z-42” […]
Supreme court backs Trump over holding back $1.5bn in USAid cash – US politics live | Trump administration
The Supreme Court supports the Trump administration for withholding USAID cash The US Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration in a payment lawsuit by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), meaning that Supreme Court Jon Roberts could issue an “administrative stay” and delay payments worth $1.5 billion. Donald Trump had ordered payments to be […]
Trump administration goes to Supreme Court to stave off midnight deadline to unfreeze foreign aid
The Department of Justice submittedEmergency applicationThe Supreme Court on Wednesday called for the Trump administration to block the midnight deadline for nearly $2 billion in locked-down foreign aid payments. A federal judge set deadlines after the administration failed to comply with his previous ruling to resume the flow of foreign aid agreements and grants as […]
Supreme Court blocks judge’s order that would have forced Trump admin to release billions in foreign aid
The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in a lawsuit challenging the freezing of federal funds from the U.S. International Development Agency. Temporarily the best court on the land It's blocked Orders from US District Judge Amir H. Ali until the court could become more heavily on the case. Ali had given […]
Supreme Court briefly pauses order for Trump admin to imminently release foreign aid
Secretary John Roberts temporarily delayed the midnight deadline as the Trump administration nearly freezes $2 billion in foreign aid paymentswas imposed by a lower judge who discovered that the administration had disregarded his ruling. The administration said it could not resume payments on the prompt schedule set by US District Judge Amir Ali to be […]
DOJ doubles down on Supreme Court intervening in Trump firing case
The Justice Department doubled the Supreme Court's demands that President Trump intervene in greenlighting the fire of the head of the government's whistleblower office, warning him in a letter Wednesday that he still “will wield enforcement.” Last week, the High Court punted an emergency motion to immediately end U.S. special advisor Hampton Dillinger, keeping him […]
Supreme Court Declines to Weigh In on Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to occupy two cases of challenge a “buffer zone” that pro-life activists would not approach anyone entering an abortion clinic. Two orders, the National High Court I declined Petitions challenging the ordinance in Carbondale, Illinois and Englewood, New Jersey essentially ban prolife activists from abortion-oriented women outside of abortion […]