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.

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.

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,