Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Non-profits that sued President Donald Trump's administration over U.S. Agency for International Development cuts were told they don't have legal standing, clearing the way for the administration to cut billions in foreign aid.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Washington, D.C., Circuit overruled a lower court's decision that banned the Trump administration from making drastic cuts to USAID funding that had already been approved by Congress. The decision was 2-1.
The court didn't address whether the cuts were constitutional.
Judges Karen Henderson and Gregory Katsas, who were appointed by presidents George H. W. Bush and Donald Trump, respectively, said that only the head of the Government Accountability Office, in the legislative branch, can sue under the Impoundment Control Act.
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