Soon after President Donald Trump froze foreign aid on his first day in office, my colleague Brett Murphy and I began hearing from government experts. We learned that despite explicit promises from Secretary of State Marco Rubio that food and other life-saving care would continue during the administration's review of foreign aid, programs were shutting down, putting millions of lives at risk.
The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, said that the "asserted harms" to Trump's conduct of foreign affairs "appear to outweigh the potential harm" faced by potential recipients of the foreign aid. The court said the emergency order is not a "final determination" on the freeze, as it plays out in the lower courts. "The relief granted by the Court today reflects our preliminary view, consistent with the standards for interim relief," the Supreme Court order said.