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

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.

A federal judge's pause on the foreign aid freeze imposed by the Trump administration has been superseded for now by John Roberts himself. On Wednesday, just ahead of a midnight deadline put in place by US District Judge Amir Ali for the US government to release nearly $2 billion in payments for previous aid work,

Supreme Court Justice John Roberts paused a deadline for President Donald Trump's administration to unfreeze foreign aid funding.

By Brendan Pierson and John Kruzel (Reuters) - 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.

SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH TRUMP … REFUSES TO BLOCK HIS SPENDING FREEZE ON FOREIGN AID … SEAN DAVIS: BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court just temporarily blocked an unhinged federal district court order attempting to exercise Article II powers granted only to the President.

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.