WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The US Supreme Court on Friday (July 26) handed President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect US$2.5 billion (S$3.4 billion) in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wall along the US-Mexico border even though lawmakers refused to provide funding.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Friday handed President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect US$2.5 billion in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wall along the US-Mexico border even though lawmakers refused to provide funding.
A brief order explaining the court's decision said the government"made a sufficient showing" that the groups challenging the decision did not have grounds to bring a lawsuit. Congress earlier failed to provide US$5.7 billion in wall funding demanded by Trump in a showdown in which the president triggered a 35-day partial shutdown of the federal government that ended in January.
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