The top judge in the United States has given temporary backing to the Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid payments. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' intervention came as the administration faced a midnight deadline (05:00 GMT on Thursday) to pay contractors.

After all, the Supreme Court is stacked with six Republican appointees, including three selected by Trump in his first term. The

The high court ruled 5-3 in favor of Glossip and reversed a decision of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals that upheld his conviction and death sentence. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion for the court and was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Elena Kagan,

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has paused a federal judge’s order that required the Trump administration to pay out foreign aid funds to contractors by midnight.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a judge’s order giving the Trump administration a midnight deadline to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid. Chief Justice John Roberts said the order issued by U.

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily let President Donald Trump keep freezing foreign-aid payments while the US Supreme Court weighs whether to lift an order that would require disbursement of as much as $2 billion.

Chief Justice John Roberts, in an order Wednesday night, has stayed a lower court order that the administration pay out $1.9 billion by midnight

Chief Justice John Roberts said late Wednesday that the order issued by U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali will remain on hold until the high court has a chance to weigh in more fully.

The Trump administration will maintain its freeze on $2 billion in foreign aid after Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked a lower court's order to restore the funds. The decision gives the Supreme Court time to review the administration’s appeal.

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 has temporarily halted a lower court order requiring the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid.

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily delayed a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments, imposed by a lower judge who found the administration had flouted his ruling.