Rhode Island court temporarily halts Trump administration's federal funding freeze after a multistate coalition challenges the move.

BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from freezing federal loans, grants and other financial assistance to 22 states, barring the Republican for now from implementing a policy that had stoked confusion and fears about critical government-funded services being disrupted.

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

Mass. AG Campbell is co-leading a lawsuit of 23 states to stop the Trump Administration’s new policy pausing federal grants and loans.

The Trump administration's freeze on federal loans and grants is being challenged in court on multiple fronts.

Palms-based private hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., which operates 16 hospitals in four states, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Two dozen Democratic attorneys general said Tuesday afternoon they are suing to stop the White House from instituting a pause to trillions of dollars in federal grant, loan and other aid funding. The memo claims some $3 trillion was spent in 2024 on federal assistance programs.

A yearlong tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City metropolitan area has sparked concern as cases of the highly contagious disease exceed the national level in a majority of states. To be clear, public health officials say the threat to the general public of sometimes fatal tuberculosis remains low,

The pop superstar first got on the property ladder in 2009 at the tender age of 19 as she snapped up with a three-bedroom penthouse in Nashville for $1.99 million.

Legislation would bar ICE from "protected spaces" without a targeted warrant. A critic says the law could draw more attention from federal authorities.

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

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