The judge had already ruled that the administration was not complying with his previous order requiring the government to keep disbursing money to states.

A federal judge Thursday blocked the Trump administration from freezing up to $3 trillion in funding for federal agency grants, loans and other financial assistance. Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the U.

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,