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Supreme Court allows Trump officials to freeze billions in foreign aid  The Washington Post Supreme Court Allows Trump to Withhold $4 Billion in Foreign Aid Funding  The New York Times US Supreme Court allows Trump’s massive foreign aid freeze  dw.com Trump administration live updates: Netanyahu addresses U.N. General Assembly; James Comey indicted, will face trial  NBC News Supreme Court extends Trump administration’s $5 billion …

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to definitively rule on whether the president’s executive order purporting to end automatic birthright citizenship is constitutional. The two appeals, arising from cases in Washington state and New Hampshire, will likely determine once and for all whether the contentious proposal can move forward. It has long been assumed that …

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, pushing the issue before the justices for the second time this year. Despite more than a century of understanding that the 14th Amendment confers citizenship on people born in the United States, the Trump administration told …

Supreme Court Allows Trump to Withhold $4 Billion in Foreign Aid Funding  The New York Times Trump administration live updates: Netanyahu addresses U.N. General Assembly; James Comey indicted, will face trial  NBC News Supreme Court lets Trump administration freeze billions in foreign aid  The Hill Supreme Court extends Trump administration’s $5 billion foreign aid freeze amid ongoing legal challenge  Fox News Supreme Court allows …

Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, speaks at the Peterson Institute For International Economics in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for alleged misconduct would not cause “financial market disaster,” the Department of Justice argued in a Supreme Court …

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday handed another win to the Trump administration by allowing it to withhold $4 billion in spending on foreign aid that was appropriated by Congress. A federal judge had ruled that the administration would have to spend the funds by the end of the month, but the Supreme Court’s decision puts that on hold. …

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook urged the US supreme court on Thursday to reject Donald Trump’s attempt to fire her, telling the justices the Republican president’s unprecedented move would destroy the central bank’s independence and disrupt financial markets. Lawyers for Cook filed a written response opposing the justice department’s 18 September emergency request to lift a federal judge’s order that …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen and other former top economic officials appointed by presidents of both parties urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to preserve the Federal Reserve’s political independence and allow Lisa Cook to remain as a central bank governor for now. The justices are weighing an emergency appeal from the administration to remove Cook …

Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve and governor nominee for US President Joe Biden, during a Senate Banking Committee nomination hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Anna Rose Layden | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lawyers for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on Thursday argued that the Supreme Court should reject President Donald Trump‘s request …

Lisa Cook takes the oath of office to serve as a member of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve System during a ceremony at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Building of the Federal Reserve May 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Every living former chair of the Federal Reserve, as well as a slew …