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[00:00.69] A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration on Wednesday upholding a lower court decision that the government cannot withhold payment to foreign aid organizations for work they've already performed.
[00:12.91] Reuters correspondent Zachary Goelman reports. Pursuing what he has called a, quote "America First" agenda, Trump ordered a 90-day pause on all foreign aid in his first day back in office.
[00:23.80] That order and ensuing stop-work orders halting U.S. Agency for International Development operations around the world have jeopardized delivery of life-saving food and medical aid, throwing global humanitarian relief efforts into chaos.
[00:36.02] Aid organizations accused Trump in lawsuits of exceeding his authority under federal law by stepping into an area that's a matter for Congress.
[00:43.19] A Washington-based U.S. district judge last month ordered the administration release approximately $2 billion in funding to contractors and grant recipients.
[00:50.63] Trump appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. His solicitor general wrote in a filing that the lower court order should be blocked, saying it would, quote, "unlawfully commandeer federal payment processes."
[01:00.99] But Chief Justice John Roberts and fellow conservative Amy Coney Barrett joined the court's three liberal members in rejecting the Trump administration's appeal. Reuters correspondent Zachary Goelman.
[01:10.82] President Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for U.S. automakers.
[01:18.79] Worries persist that the newly launched trade war could crush domestic manufacturing.
[01:24.63] The announcement comes after Trump spoke with leaders of the big three automakers - Ford, General Motors and Stellantis - on Wednesday.
[01:32.33] "So does he expect them to be able to shift production within a month?
[01:35.52] He told them that they should get on it, start investing, start moving, shift production here to the United States of America where they will pay no tariff. That's the ultimate goal."
