Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing Congress' funding for USAID, judge says
- Posted on March 11, 2025
- By Star Tribune
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Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing Congress' funding for USAID, judge says
President Donald Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing almost all spending on U.S. humanitarian and development work abroad, a federal judge ruled, saying the administration could no longer simply sit on the tens of billions of dollars that Congress has appropriated for foreign aid.
