Trump ordered by judge to immediately restore frozen funding

John McConnell says administration had defied earlier order to resume disbursement of billions of dollars

A federal judge said on Monday that the Trump administration had defied his order to unfreeze billions in federal funding and issued a directive demanding that the government immediately restore frozen funding".

In the order, US district judge John J McConnell Jr in Rhode Island instructed Donald Trump's administration to restore and resume federal funding in accordance with the temporary restraining order he issued in January, which halted the administration's freeze of congressionally approved federal funds.