A divided U.S. Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to let President Donald Trump's administration withhold payment to foreign aid organizations for work they already performed for the government as the Republican president moves to pull the plug on American humanitarian projects around the world.

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in rejecting the Trump administration's request to cancel the foreign-aid money from USAID.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the federal government to release nearly USD 2 billion (EUR 1.8 million) in funding for United States Agency for International Development (USAID) partners, frustrating U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to quickly freeze all foreign aid funding.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a judge's order that required President Donald Trump's administration to promptly pay foreign aid organizations for work they already performed for the government.

Fox News chief legal correspondent Shannon Bream unpacks the SCOTUS ruling on $2 billion in USAID payments on 'Special Report.'

In an order, the justices left in place a lower court order that so far has only required the Trump administration to pay contractors for foreign aid work that has already been completed — roughly $2 billion.

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Donald Trump's foreign-aid freeze, reinstating a lower court order that requires the quick disbursement of as much as $2 billion owed to contractors for already completed work.

The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's attempt to freeze $2 billion in USAID and State Department funds, upholding a lower court order requiring payment.

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with all Democratic appointees in telling the executive to pay those firms which