A group of Democratic state attorneys general is asking a Federal district court judge in Rhode Island to fully enforce the court’s temporary restraining order (TRO) issued on Jan. 31 that blocked President Trump’s attempted freeze of most Federal grant and loan funding.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) declared an abrupt reversal today of its Jan. 27 order to freeze trillions of dollars worth of Federal grant and loan program payments after the short-lived order created nearly universal confusion over and drew opposition from several states who successfully petitioned a Federal judge to block the order from taking effect.

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