A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2–1 that the Trump administration may withhold billions of dollars in foreign assistance Congress appropriated for this fiscal year. The decision lifts a lower-court injunction that had required the government to continue funding programs largely administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Writing for the majority, Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson and Gregory Katsas said the nonprofit grant recipients that sued lacked standing, holding that the Impoundment Control Act allows only the head of the Government Accountability Office to challenge alleged funding impoundments. Because the plaintiffs could not sue, the court vacated U.S. District Judge Amir Ali’s earlier order and declined to address the broader constitutional dispute over executive spending powers. Judge Florence Pan dissented, warning that the ruling permits the President to disregard congressional spending mandates for policy reasons. The plaintiffs can seek rehearing by the full D.C. Circuit or petition the Supreme Court. For now, the decision strengthens Trump’s effort to dismantle USAID and gives the administration discretion over an estimated $2 billion in foreign aid it had frozen pending policy reviews.