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Trump's Travel Ban Remains Frozen After Appeals Court Ruling

Appeals court’s ruling is latest setback to president’s agenda
Executive order still being weighed by San Francisco court

Bloomberg business news — Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block on Trump Travel Ban

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Andrew M Harris and

May 25, 2017, 6:07 PM UTCUpdated onMay 25, 2017, 9:08 PM UTC

President Donald Trump suffered his most significant setback yet in a bitter fight over his revised travel ban as a federal appeals court slammed it as being “steeped in animus.”

The court in Richmond, Virginia, refused on Thursday to lift a nationwide block on Trump’s attempt to ban travel from six mostly Muslim countries on national security grounds. The judges used especially harsh language in a 79-page decision that is certain to plague the president in other courtroom battles over the directive.