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.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Wednesday night to lift a judge’s order requiring the federal government to pay nearly $2 billion in unpaid invoices from foreign-aid contractors in a matter of hours.

The Trump administration has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend a judge's decision requiring the government to disburse foreign aid funds to entities for past projects. The administration contends that the ruling,