A divided US 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 ensured the Trump administration must pay up to $2 billion to U.S. Agency for International Development contractors even as it works to dismantle the agency at a breakneck pace.

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.