The appeals panel’s decision, for now, leaves the matter to Rhode Island-based U.S. District Judge John McConnell, who last month ordered the Trump administration to lift a sweeping spending freeze on federal programs. On Monday he issued a second sharply-worded order after reviewing claims that officials were defying his initial command.

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

A federal judge in Rhode Island reaffirmed Wednesday his order halting the Trump administration’s funding freeze.