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A federal judge on Friday sided with a coalition of 22 states and temporarily blocked a federal aid funding freeze directed by the Trump administration — the second such order this week.

McConnell ordered the federal government not to “pause, freeze, impede, block, cancel, or terminate” funding promised to the states while the temporary restraining order is in place.

BOSTON (AP) — A second federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest twist over the spending of trillions of dollars in ...

A Jan. 28 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes a screenshot of an article about the Trump administration's freeze on federal grant funding. “Rip FAFSA,” reads the post ...

A federal judge in Rhode Island has formally blocked the Trump administration's spending freeze, saying in an order this afternoon that the funding freeze is likely a violation of the Constitution.

The TRO is far broader than a court order earlier this week that temporarily blocked the spending freeze in a different case brought by a group of nonprofits. But McConnell held that Trump’s apparent ...

Federal judge says states that sued are likely to prevail Trump has said the spending pause is needed to prevent waste The Trump administration likely violated federal law with a controversial ...

The foreign aid freeze comes at a precarious time for the PEPFAR program, as some of its authorizations expire in March. PEPFAR has traditionally been reauthorized for five-year periods ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration likely violated federal law with a controversial directive that aimed to pause spending on potentially trillions of dollars of grants and loans to a vast ...