Judge Blocks Trump's $11.5B Foreign Aid Cut

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The judicial ruling was uncalled for because a president's authority to manage foreign policy includes the right to pause aid for review. This action was a necessary check on a bureaucracy misaligned with U.S. interests, aiming for a more efficient and accountable use of taxpayer money. The ruling thus undermined a critical, constitutionally sound executive power.

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This judicial intervention arrives as a literal lifeline, halting Trump's catastrophic aid freeze that has already claimed over 350,000 lives — including 200,000 children. With nearly 100 people dying hourly from suspended humanitarian programs, the court's order restores billions in Congress-approved funding, potentially saving millions from starvation, disease, and death across the globe's most vulnerable regions.

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