WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to immediately halt a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in federal grants and loans that remain frozen even after a court blocked a sweeping pause on federal funding.

The Justice Department on Monday appealed a federal judge’s order to unfreeze federal grants, hours after the judge ruled that the Trump administration had not complied with his directive.

The initial White House order on Monday to freeze federal grants sparked confusion throughout Washington and nationwide.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday declined to temporarily block a lower court’s orders directing the Trump administration to unfreeze federal grants. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives.

A federal judge paused a temporary freeze on federal loans and grants. Here's the programs the move would affect, what you need to know in Mississippi

The order comes after Vice President JD Vance posted on social media that “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.”

A federal district judge granted a temporary restraining order Monday, blocking the Trump administration from making drastic cuts to biomedical research funding in 22 states that banded together to sue.