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.

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily delayed a midnight deadline ... who on Tuesday directed the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) release missing funds for existing foreign aid contracts and grants by the end of ...

The justice and his allies want to treat the foreign-aid case like an everyday spat over the terms of a government contract. It couldn't be more different.

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.

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. on Wednesday night granted the Trump administration's request for a brief pause of a district judge's order requiring the immediate release of billions of dollars of USAID funds to contractors and other recipients.

Washington — Chief Justice John Roberts late Wednesday granted ... foreign assistance funds for State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development projects by the end of Wednesday. Roberts, who oversees requests for emergency relief arising ...

(This Feb. 26 story has been refiled to correct the spelling of 'Roberts' and also fix the grammar in the headline) By Brendan Pierson and John Kruzel (Reuters ... receive grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department ...

Chief justice of the United States John Roberts voted against President Donald Trump just hours after the president was heard on a hot mic repeatedly thanking him. Newsweek sought email comment from the offices of Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and Roberts, on Thursday.

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

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.

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.

Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused ... in foreign aid from the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development that Trump froze in January as he sought ...