(The Hill) — The Federal Bureau of Prisons may not enforce parts of a sweeping executive order President Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office instructing it to cease treatment for transgender inmates’ gender dysphoria, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia temporarily blocked the agency from enforcing Trump’s order while a legal challenge against it continues.

The Jan. 20 order, which proclaims the U.S. recognizes only two sexes, male and female, and broadly prohibits federal spending on “gender ideology,” tasks Attorney General Pam Bondi with barring the agency from expending funds “for any medical procedure, treatment, or drug for the purpose of conforming an inmate’s appearance to that of the oppos

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