A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's attempt to pause federal funding to states, schools, and organizations. The order, issued by Judge McConnell, came after several states filed a lawsuit challenging the administration's memo outlining the funding freeze.
The memo, which was issued earlier this week by the OMB, had frightened states, schools and organizations that rely on trillions of dollars from Washington earlier this week minutes before it was set to go into effect, but her short-term order is only in place until Monday unless she decides to extend it.
The White House press secretary has since said that a funding freeze is still planned in line with President Donald Trump’s blitz of executive orders. Administration officials insisted that despite the confusion, their actions still had the intended effect by underscoring to federal agencies their obligations to abide by Trump’s executive orders. That prompted states to request the temporary restraining order.
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