A federal judge previously ordered the funds to be restored by midnight on Wednesday.
The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court on Feb. 26 asking the justices to pause a 12 a.m. deadline to resume $2 billion in foreign aid payments.
The filing follows an appeals court bid to consider the same request after a group of nonprofits and contractors sued the administration for freezing funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department.
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali issued a temporary restraining order earlier this month directing both USAID and the State Department to restore funding for contracts that predated Jan. 20 but were frozen by the Trump administration.
The plaintiffs challenging the freeze told the judge that the government was slow in fulfilling its end, leading Ali to order the payments to resume by midnight on Wednesday.
Reuters contributed to this report.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
By Jacob Burg
