Citing in part actions at EPA, a federal judge is blocking the Trump administration’s controversial funding freeze at EPA and other agencies, agreeing with Democratic states that the administration’s “unilateral” decision to indefinitely pause a variety of funding via the president’s executive orders (EOs) and other directives violates the Constitution and key statutes.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has restarted litigation in a years-old dispute over the so-called “three strikes” air emissions exemption, allowing the issue to be adjudicated in the context of a suit over EPA refinery air rules.