The decision came in response to a petition by attorneys general in 22 states and Washington, D.C., seeking to block the administration's efforts to freeze payments for grants and other programs.

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from freezing federal grants, loans, and other financial assistance at the urging of Democratic state ...

A federal district judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday, blocking the Trump administration from moving forward ...

"The government should not be permitted to rely on the chaos it has created by flouting this Court’s stay, and declaring that ...

Rhode Island judge ruled Jan. 31 that Trump's earlier alleged rescission of federal funding halt ... was in name-only and done  simply to defeat the jurisdiction of the courts, with monies restored ...

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.

A US federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked an attempt by President Donald Trump's administration to freeze federal aid funding, finding that the administration's directive was likely ...

Another judge in Washington halted the plan minutes before it was set to go into effect, but the short-term order is only in ...

A federal judge in Rhode Island has formally blocked the Trump administration's spending freeze, saying in it is likely a violation of the Constitution.

President Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2025, and issued numerous executive orders later that afternoon. Many of these executive ...

A judge sided with a coalition of 22 states and temporarily blocked a federal aid funding freeze directed by the White House ...