Justice Department asks U.S. Supreme Court to pause order on releasing frozen foreign aid funding

The Trump administration on Wednesday night asked the Supreme Court to pause a federal judge's order requiring the government to release frozen foreign aid funding by midnight.

The Justice Department had filed a similar request with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which denied the appeal minutes after the administration went to the Supreme Court.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/justice-department-judges-cant-comply-deadline-usaid-funds-rcna193837

https://thehill.com/homenews/5166270-trump-administration-supreme-court-deadline-unfreeze-foreign-aid/

UPDATE:
SCOTUS has put a stay on the lower court ruling but has given a deadline of this Friday to the Trump administration to file briefs.