ReutersThe main judges of the United States gave temporary support for the Trump administration freezing on foreign aid payments.
The intervention of the Chief Judge of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, came while the administration was faced with a midnight deadline (05:00 GMT on Thursday) to pay the entrepreneurs.
Officials had argued that they could not treat payments within the period fixed by a judge of the lower court.
Since coming to power in January, US President Donald Trump has taken rapid measures to put an end to many aid programs, largely managed by the American agency for international development, USAID and has placed most of its staff on administrative leave or has been dismissed.
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US district judge Amir Ali had ordered the USAID in the USAID and USAID to pay around $ 2 billion in bills (1.6 billion pounds sterling) at midnight on Wednesday.
It is one of the many interventions by judges who try to stop or suspend a wave of administration orders from Trump.
As the deadline approaches, the Trump administration went to the Supreme Court, arguing that it was impossible to process complaints in such a short time.
The freezing of the American federal government comes as the administration examines the financing of foreign aid.
Sarah Harris, an acting general request, said that judge Ali’s order “launched what should be an ordered government examination in chaos.”
USAID cuts have already upset the world aid system.
Hundreds of programs have been frozen in countries around the world since the president announced his intentions in January.
The United States is by far the largest humanitarian aid supplier in the world.
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According to the Associated Press news agency, the Trump administration wants to eliminate more than 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts – and $ 60 billion in American -abroad.
