The morning read for Thursday, Feb. 27

Late last night, the chief justice blocked an order requiring the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion in foreign-aid reimbursements. He instructed the parties involved to respond by tomorrow at noon. 

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Heres the Thursday morning read:

• Supreme Court Poised to Rule for Straight Woman in Discrimination Case (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• Supreme Court grants Trump request to pause USAID payments order (Ann E. Marimow and Annie Gowen, The Washington Post)
• Supreme court hands Trump first win over $1.5bn USAid payment freeze (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian) 
• Mexico prepares to appear before US Supreme Court in suit against gun manufacturers (Belen Zapata, CNNE & Max Saltman, CNN)
• Conservatives on the Supreme Court May Not Fully Align With Trump (Aziz Huq, Politico)