Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island John J. McConnell, Jr. granted an injunction from 23 states blocking the Trump administration's "categorical freeze of appropriated and obligated funds.

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration's attempts to pause federal funding programs in response to a lawsuit filed by Oregon, the District of Columbia and 21 other states. “The court’s ruling today amplifies what we have been saying: the president does not have unilateral power to simply disregard Congress’s decisions or dismantle essential parts of our government,

A federal judge has given the Trump administration until Monday to pay nearly $2 billion in debts to partners of the U.S. Agency for International Development and State Department

President Donald Trump's administration suffered another legal blow in its efforts to freeze federal funding for programs that do not align with the Republican's agenda on Thursday when a second judge blocked it from implementing a sweeping pause on spending on grants,

A federal judge on Thursday issued an injunction blocking the Trump administration from reissuing or adopting a funding freeze on grants and loans.

Attorneys general in New York and Rhode Island are backing a federal judge's decision to extend a block barring the Trump administration from freezing grants and loans potentially totaling trillions o

The judge’s ruling, though preliminary, includes a sharp rebuke to Trump’s attempt to seize power traditionally held by other branches of government.