A federal judge Tuesday evening ordered the Trump administration to restore hundreds of suspended UCLA National Science Foundation research grants.

U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin said the government’s freeze of funds for UCLA violated her June ruling blocking science research grant terminations.

Lin ordered the Trump administration to file an update by Aug. 19 detailing whether it had restored the grants or, if not, “an explanation of why it was not feasible and a description of the steps that have been taken thus far.”

Lin’s evening order was issued hours after a San Francisco court hearing.

The Trump administration froze $584 million in science, medical and other federal grants, citing the university’s alleged discrimination in admissions and failure to “promote a research environme

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