A federal appeals court on Thursday declined to review a challenge to the Trump administration’s decision to freeze billions of dollars in foreign aid, but it also allowed the nonprofits who are fighting that effort to continue their case in a lower court.

At issue is billions of dollars in foreign aid, including for global health programs, that was approved by Congress but that President Donald Trump deemed wasteful and has sought to cancel. Several nonprofits who receive those grants sued in a case that has twice reached the Supreme Court.

The decision was partly a win for Trump, because the appeals court declined to review the nonprofits’ claim that the cuts violated separation of powers principles. But it also means that the groups will be able to continue to make their case.

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