Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid To Freeze $2bn In Aid Payments

(FILE) US President Donald Trump (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

A divided US Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by President Donald Trump to freeze some $2 billion in foreign aid payments.

The court, in its first significant ruling on a legal challenge to Trump, voted 5-4 to uphold a lower court ruling requiring the administration to make payments on contracts which have already been completed.