An appeals court temporarily let the Trump administration oust Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger from his role as a federal watchdog Wednesday, freezing a lower court ruling, just hours after the Supreme Court separately forced the government to pay out $2 billion in foreign aid—one of the first major blows the Supreme Court has dealt to President Donald Trump.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to temporarily remove the head of an independent watchdog agency while the judges decide whether the president has the authority to fire him without cause.

A Washington, D.C., appeals court has permitted President Donald Trump to remove the head of a federal watchdog agency amid litigation.