The high court is considering whether to vacate a lower court order requiring the U.S. Agency for International Development to pay $2 billion in foreign assistance invoices, grants and loans halted by the Trump administration.

On Wednesday night, the United States Supreme Court placed a temporary hold on a lower court’s directive that had ordered the Trump administration to restore around $2 billion in funding to foreign aid contractors.

Chief Justice John Roberts' order delayed a lower court's deadline for the Trump administration to release funding to USAID by the end of Wednesday.

The administration faced a midnight deadline for disbursing nearly $2 billion in foreign aid. The order giving officials more time is only temporary.

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients for past work.

Chief Justice John Roberts helped President Donald Trump’s administration avoid paying nearly $2 billion in congressionally appropriated foreign aid funds — for now.

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients.

Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a court-imposed midnight deadline that would have required the Trump administration to release $2 billion in frozen foreign aid, a goal that the government has claimed it is unable to meet.