The administration is still freezing federal funds in violation of a judicial order stopping it from doing so.

A federal judge says the Trump administration has been violating his order to resume funding federal grants that the White House attempted to block with a blanket spending freeze last month. U.S. District Judge John McConnell ordered the administration to “immediately restore frozen funding” while his order remains in effect,

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Justice Department's request to pause a judge's order while it challenges the order in court.

President Donald Trump's administration has asked an appeals court to put on hold a U.S. judge's decision forcing it to comply with his order barring it from freezing federal grants, loans and other financial assistance,