© AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Karen Shore holds up a sign outside of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. A panel of appeals court judges reviewing President Donald Trump's travel ban hammered away Tuesday at the federal government's arguments that the states cannot challenge the order.

SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. appeals court said it will rule by the end of business on Thursday regarding President Donald Trump's travel restrictions for people from seven Muslim-majority countries.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is reviewing a temporary suspension of Trump's travel ban issued by a federal judge in Seattle last week.

(Reporting by Dan Levine; Editing by Leslie Adler)