<h1>Administration seeks emergency order to keep $4.9B in congressionally approved foreign aid frozen after president refused obligation</h1> The administration asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to keep nearly $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid frozen after the president declared he would not obligate the funds, invoking disputed unilateral authority last used about 50 years ago. A federal district judge recently held that the withholding is likely unlawful, and the administration seeks immediate relief to maintain the freeze while litigation proceeds. The president informed the House speaker of the decision by letter, effectively preventing congressional appropriation from being executed absent judicial intervention.