From the Daily Caller: A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to block billions of dollars in foreign aid funds.
The legislative branch’s Government Accountability Office (GAO) must bring challenges to administration decisions to withhold funding, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals found in a 2-1 decision.
“Radical left dark-money groups have been using the court system to seize control of U.S. foreign policy,” an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) spokesperson said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Today’s decision stops these private groups from maliciously interfering with the President’s ability to spend responsibly and administer foreign aid in a lawful manner and in alignment with his America First policies.”
The majority blocked an injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in March that required the administration to restore the frozen funds. A group of grant recipients initially sued in February over President Donald Trump’s day-one executive order directing the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to pause foreign aid funding.
Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, 81, who was appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, wrote in the majority opinion, “The district court erred in granting that relief because the grantees lack a cause of action to press their claims.”
A DC Circuit panel has ruled that only the head of the Government Accountability Office can sue over the Impoundment Control Act, which means the Trump administration has the leeway to block significant foreign assistance funds appropriated by Congress. https://t.co/EwkYLakYY1 pic.twitter.com/BuLtHlbtLf
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) August 13, 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi celebrated the victory, writing, “Another @TheJusticeDept victory in court for President Trump’s agenda! In a 2-1 ruling, the DC Circuit lifted an injunction ordering President Trump to spend hard-earned taxpayer dollars on wasteful foreign aid projects. We will continue to successfully protect core Presidential authorities from judicial overreach.”
Another @TheJusticeDept victory in court for President Trump’s agenda!
In a 2-1 ruling, the DC Circuit lifted an injunction ordering President Trump to spend hard-earned taxpayer dollars on wasteful foreign aid projects.
We will continue to successfully protect core…
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) August 13, 2025
Still in the middle of reading this, but it’s a win for @potus. They can’t stop the USAID cuts. https://t.co/lJ7Up5xqJa@AGPamBondi @AAGDhillon
— Howard Sklar (@HowardMSklar) August 13, 2025
Finally, congratulations to @AGPamBondi @DAGToddBlanche Stanley Woodward @BrettShumate and the @TheJusticeDept team on another big win.
Here is the opinion: https://t.co/wZPtA8Ounq
/end— James Burnham (@BurnhamDC) August 13, 2025
BREAKING: In a 2-1 decision, the appellate panel REVERSED order that blocked Trump admin from cutting funding to USAID
This ruling is a SIGNIFICANT win in the efforts to dissolve USAID
Biden appointed Judge Florence Pan, dissented pic.twitter.com/c4tkpFwOlD
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 13, 2025
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