The order is a significant but potentially short-lived victory for operators of foreign aid programs. 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.

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.