The Supreme Court has rebuffed the Trump administration’s request to lift a lower-court order that required the government to quickly pay nearly $2 billion that contractors and aid groups say they’re owed for U.

In a loss for President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to extend a pause on foreign aid funding. The Supreme Court issued an apparent 5-4 ruling forcing the administration to comply with a federal judge's order to restart funding disbursements for the U.