U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. is expected to rule shortly on whether to block the federal funding ...

A memo from the Office of Management and Budget ordering a freeze on federal assistance sparked confusion across the country ...

A federal judge in Rhode Island has placed a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration's planned freeze on ...

A court in Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order to block Trump’s directive to defund programs he considers to be ...

A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered a temporary halt to the Trump administration's controversial funding freeze.

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 ...

The prospect of a federal funding freeze was put on ice by a federal judge in Rhode Island Friday afternoon. “The States have put forth sufficient evidence at this stage that they will likely suffer ...

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

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.

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.

The Friday order granted a temporary restraining order requested by 23 Democratic states who said the Trump directive was ...

The Justice Department argued that the lawsuit by 22 states was moot because the Trump administration recently rescinded its ...