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

A federal judge in Rhode Island has formally blocked the Trump administration's spending freeze, saying in it is likely a ...

The Friday order granted a temporary restraining order requested by 23 Democratic states who said the Trump directive was ...

The prospect of a federal funding freeze was put on ice by a federal judge in Rhode Island Friday afternoon. “The States have put forth sufficient evidence at this stage that they will likely suffer ...

A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered a temporary halt to the Trump administration's controversial funding freeze.

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

A federal district judge for the District of Rhode Island has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration's efforts to freeze payments for grants and other programs. Via NPR ...

Despite White House rescinding a funding freeze memo, a US District Court judge said he is “worried about the effect to the ...

The Justice Department argued that the lawsuit by 22 states was moot because the Trump administration recently rescinded its ...

Rhode Island judge ruled Jan. 31 that Trump's earlier alleged rescission of federal funding halt ... was in name-only and done  simply to defeat the jurisdiction of the courts, with monies restored ...

A memo from the Office of Management and Budget ordering a freeze on federal assistance sparked confusion across the country ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Rhode Island federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s push to freeze federal assistance, even though the president attempted to downplay the ...