A San Francisco-based federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore all suspended National Science Foundation grants at UCLA.

The grants represent more than a third of the roughly 800 — totaling $584 million — frozen in late July.

The federal government has until Aug. 19 to update the judge on whether it has complied with the order.

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore hundreds of suspended UCLA science research grants, affecting more than a third of the $584 million in funds the government abruptly froze late last month.

In her evening order, issued hours after a San Francisco court hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Rita F. Lin said the government’s slashing of UCLA funds violated her June ruling blocking science research grant termin

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