President Donald Trump’s plans to pull federal funding from medical institutions that provide gender-affirming care will remain blocked after a federal judge found, for the second time, that Trump lacked the proper executive authority to make such an order.

A federal judge declined to lift an order blocking portions of Trump executive orders limiting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs while the administration appeals the case.

"I just want to know if the work is being done or isn't being done," U.S. District Senior Judge Amy Berman Jackson said at a hearing, ordering Consumer Financial Protection Bureau witnesses to testify at an evidentiary hearing before she rules on a preliminary injunction motion that seeks to prevent mass firings of CFPB employees.

A judge directed pointed questions on Monday at the Trump administration about whether its decision to halt most activity within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau violated the law. Judge Amy Berman Jackson expressed concern that acting Director Russ Vought’s orders to stop activity at the CFPB,