The Voice of America (VOA) reporters’ plan to return to work next week is up in the air after an appeals court issued a stay on Saturday, halting a late April order from a district judge that prevented the administration from dismantling the international broadcaster.

The court, in a 2-1 opinion, ruled that the federal government is likely to succeed on the underlying facts of the case and that district court judge Royce Lamberth likely lacked “subject-matter” jurisdiction to shoot down parts of President Trump’s mid-March executive order regarding the expenditure of government grants and personnel actions.

The ruling dealt a blow to VOA staffers, who were notified on Friday that they could resume broadcasting and return to their office in Washington the following week. One VOA employee, speaking on condition of anonymity, described it as “devastating.”

In the Saturday order, judges Neomi Rao and Gregory Katsas, both Trump appointees, ruled in the government’s favor.

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