By John Kruzel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court paused on Tuesday a judge’s order that required Donald Trump’s administration to promptly take steps to spend billions in foreign aid that the Republican president has sought to claw back.

The court’s action, called an administrative stay, gave the justices additional time to consider the administration’s formal request to let it withhold some $4 billion authorized by Congress ahead of a September 30 deadline.

The stay was issued by Chief Justice John Roberts, who handles emergency filings arising in Washington. Roberts asked the aid groups that sued the administration to file a response to the administration’s request by Friday.

The money at issue in the case was intended by Congress for foreign aid, United Nations peacekeep

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