The Trump administration’s executive order cutting foreign aid funding for AIDS research and other initiatives supported by government grants violates the Constitution, a new federal lawsuit says.
E.O. 14169, which halted foreign assistance funding through the US Department of State and USAID, must be enjoined because it exceeds presidential authority and usurps legislative authority, AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and Journalism Development Network Inc. told the US District Court for the District of Columbia in their Monday complaint.
The lawsuit follows an announcement that Trump was ordering a review of funding for all nongovernmental organizations and planned to cancel support ...
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