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.

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked part of the White House budget office’s Monday night order to freeze federal aid ... Committee could vote to confirm Mr. Vought to be director of Office ...

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the funding freeze until February 3, but the programs could still be at risk, depending on the results of a court battle. The scope of the “temporary” freeze ...

The vague language in the Trump administration’s freeze on federal funding prompted “chaos” and “confusion” among organizations dependent upon the trillions of dollars potentially impacted. Because ...

"I fear, Mr. Schwei ... While the Trump administration insisted the freeze would not affect aid to people or programs such as Social Security and Medicare, it nonetheless set off panic throughout ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon’s congressional delegation as well as other lawmakers in the region, reacted to the Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants and loans Tuesday.

Jessica Morton, a lawyer for the groups, had said the freeze on funding would "create unequivocal, imminent and serious harm." But Daniel Schwei, a Justice Department lawyer representing the Trump ...

While the administration insists the funding freeze does not apply to direct payments like Social Security and Medicaid, SNAP benefits are in a gray area. Experts interpret the ambiguous language ...

HARTFORD — After hours of chaos, confusion and outrage from officials in Connecticut and beyond, a federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on most types of ...

A federal judge temporarily blocked the pause shortly before it was to go into effect on Tuesday night, but the memo outlining the funding freeze had already sowed panic and confusion as state ...

The healthcare system for millions of low-income Americans and rafts of other programs were thrown into disarray Tuesday after President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on federal funding ...

The acting director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which oversees the US federal budget, said the freeze was "temporary," and necessary to ensure that all funding complies with ...