Trump’s Freeze on Grant Funding Temporarily Halted by Judge (2)

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new directive to halt payments of federal grants, loans and other assistance to an array of programs across the country.

The decision was handed down Tuesday in Washington by US District Judge Loren AliKhan in a lawsuit filed by a group of nonprofits, even as nearly two dozen states filed a separate complaint challenging the directive. Both cases are seeking nationwide injunctions against Trump’s plan.

AliKhan issued her order minutes before the freeze was to take effect. She said the administrative stay was not a ruling on the merits ...