President Donald Trump’s administration rushed to clarify a memo pausing federal grants, loans, and financial assistance, saying that the instructions from the White House budget office were not intended as an “across-the-board” freeze.

A federal judge blocked the funding freeze from going into effect, after a day in which Trump's White House scrambled to contain confusion.

The policy reversal follows a tumultuous 48 hours as lawmakers and citizens expressed concern that funding for health care, law enforcement, disaster aid, and infrastructure spending could be paused or delayed.

Democratic attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia on Friday asked a federal judge to enforce his order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from freezing federal grants,

Agencies are reporting tens of millions of dollars in stalled grant funding for a range of infrastructure and environmental projects.

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta joined a coalition of more than 20 states Friday in asking a federal court to once again intercede and force the Trump administration to unfreeze billions of dollars in federal funding.

For several days, the CT city wasn’t able to access a federal Treasury account containing the money needed to continue work on a geothermal project.

Democratic attorneys general from 22 states and Washington, D.C., have asked a federal judge to enforce his order blocking the Trump administration from freezing billions in federal grants and loans.