Special counsel Hampton Dellinger says he is dropping his lawsuit to try to keep his job after President Donald Trump fired him. His decision comes a day after the federal appeals court in Washington temporarily removed him from the position,

An appeals court has removed the head of a federal watchdog agency in the latest twist in a legal fight over Republican President Donald Trump’s authority to fire the special counsel.

An appeals court temporarily let the Trump administration oust Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger from his role as a federal watchdog Wednesday, freezing a lower court ruling, just hours after the Supreme Court separately forced the government to pay out $2 billion in foreign aid—one of the first major blows the Supreme Court has dealt to President Donald Trump.