Chief justice pauses order for Trump to pay $2 billion in foreign-aid funding
<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/supremecourt5-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Chief justice pauses order for Trump to pay $2 billion in foreign-aid funding" title="Chief justice pauses order for Trump to pay $2 billion in foreign-aid funding" style="float:right;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/supremecourt5-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/supremecourt5-scaled-1-570x570.jpeg 570w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/supremecourt5-scaled-1-500x500.jpeg 500w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/supremecourt5-scaled-1-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday night temporarily froze an order by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that would have required the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion in foreign-aid reimbursements for work that has already been done. In a brief order issued...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/02/chief-justice-pauses-order-for-trump-to-pay-2-billion-in-foreign-aid-funding/">Chief justice pauses order for Trump to pay $2 billion in foreign-aid funding</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com">SCOTUSblog</a>.</p>
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