In a 2-to-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel ruled that foreign aid groups that sued to recover funds that President Trump froze cannot challenge the decision.

A divided panel of appeals court judges says the Trump administration can suspend or terminate billions of dollars of congressionally appropriated funding for foreign aid.

Nonprofits and businesses that carry out foreign aid programs said they plan to contest a recent court ruling that empowers the Trump administration to unilaterally refuse to spend billions of dollars in funding approved by Congress.