Judge warns Trump admin to comply with order lifting federal funding freeze

Driving the news: McConnell wrote in the ruling that there is evidence the Trump administration has "continued to improperly freeze federal funds and refused to resume disbursement of appropriated federal funds."

• "The broad categorical and sweeping freeze of federal funds is, as the Court found, likely unconstitutional and has caused and continues to cause irreparable harm to a vast portion of this country," McConnell wrote.
• The White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.

Context: The judge's order is in response to lawsuit filed by nearly two dozen states, including California and New York, to block the spending freeze.

• McConnell said when issuing the temporary block that that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's social media posts claiming the freeze was still in effect despite withdrawing the order were grounds for the lawsuit to continue.

Zoom out: Another U.S. federal judge also extended a temporary block on the spending freeze last week, expressing concern that the administration was still enforcing the pause despite the temporary restraining order.

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