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 Supreme Court temporarily blocked the release of $2 billion in USAID aid, giving time for further review and telling parties to respond by Friday.

The Supreme Court has blocked a judge’s order that the Trump administration release $2 billion in frozen foreign aid funds. It comes as President Donald Trump held his first cabinet where Elon Musk took center stage and defended widespread layoffs of federal workers and promised more to come.