The high court ruled 5-3 in favor of Glossip and reversed a decision of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals that upheld his conviction and death sentence. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion for the court and was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Elena Kagan,

President Donald Trump is sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts during his inauguration ceremony as the 47th president in the Rotunda at the Capitol in Washington on Monday morning, Jan.

Chief Justice John Roberts said late Wednesday that the order issued by U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali will remain on hold until the high court has a chance to weigh in more fully.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday night paused a lower court-imposed midnight deadline to restart $2 billion in foreign aid payments after the Trump administration paused 10,000 awards.

The SCOTUS ruling blocks a court order that compelled the Trump administration to release funding to USAID by midnight on Wednesday.

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients.

Just over a month into his second term, President Donald Trump is moving with haste to push legal battles over his executive actions to the Supreme Court, signaling an aggressive strategy to expand presidential power in the face of resistance from lower courts.

Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a court-imposed midnight deadline that would have required the Trump administration to release $2 billion in frozen foreign aid, a goal that the government has claimed it is unable to meet.

A federal judge had set a deadline for the administration to lift its funding freeze at USAID. The order by Chief Justice John Roberts puts that on hold.

The administration faced a midnight deadline for disbursing nearly $2 billion in foreign aid. The order giving officials more time is only temporary.