A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a Trump administration push to reinstate a sweeping pause on federal funding, a decision that comes after a judge found the administration had not fully obeyed an earlier order.

The judge ordered the Trump administration to “immediately take every step necessary” to follow his order temporarily halting plans for a freeze of federal funds.

The Trump administration on Monday appealed a federal judge’s order requiring the full restoration of all previously frozen federal spending, escalating a legal battle over the administration’s budgetary freeze.

Several executive orders Trump signed last week pause or end some federal funding. Those executive orders, which remain in place, include the freezing of foreign aid, all funds to federal grantees who received money for DEI-related purposes and all funds appropriated through the Inflation Reduction Act.

The lawsuit was brought by a group of Democratic state attorneys general against President Donald Trump and his administration.

A second federal judge has ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest twist over the spending of trillions of dollars in grants and loans.

A Boston-based appeals court ruled on Tuesday that Trump is still barred for now from freezing federal grants, loans and other financial assistance.

President Donald Trump’s blanket freeze of federal spending hit another stumbling block Tuesday when a federal appeals court refused an emergency bid by his administration to lift the restrictions. The decision,

A federal judge extended his pause on the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” program, which is part of a sweeping effort to push government employees out of their jobs.