Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island John J. McConnell, Jr. granted an injunction from 23 states blocking the Trump administration's "categorical freeze of appropriated and obligated funds.

Lawyers for the Trump administration Monday filed notice they are appealing the preliminary injunction ordered last week by Rhode Island federal judge John McCo

A federal judge in Rhode Island extended a block on president Donald Trump's domestic funding freeze. U.S. District judge John J. McConnell Jr. granted a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from impounding federal funds based on a directive by the Office of Management and Budget,

Judge John J. McConnell Jr. granted 23 states, including Rhode Island and Massachusetts, a preliminary injunction, ordering the Trump administration to allow federal funding appropriated by Congress to flow.

A judge on Thursday agreed to continue to block the federal government from freezing billions of dollars in funding to states.

A federal judge in Rhode Island extended his order Thursday barring the government from freezing federal funding to a coalition of states and D.C., saying the Trump administration had undermined the separation of powers.