A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against President Trump’s effort to cut billions of dollars of foreign aid that was previously approved by Congress through "pocket rescissions."

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in a 2-1 decision, refused to block a lower court ruling from earlier this week that said the administration must release the preapproved funding and ruled the effort to withhold it was likely illegal.

The three-judge........

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