Illinois joins multi-state lawsuit against Trump's funding freeze

What they're saying: "We don't know what the impact on our budget will be," Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday afternoon.

• "This is only a temporary restraint."

Zoom out: A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily halted Trump's effort to pause federal grant, loan and financial assistance programs.

• The administrative stay was supposed to go into effect Tuesday afternoon. The temporary stay will expire on Monday.

The intrigue: Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced the state has joined more than 20 other states in filing a separate suit in Rhode Island against the Trump administration, attempting to block the funding freeze.

• "I will not stand silent as they try to impose unconstitutional mandates," Raoul said.

The big picture: State agencies complained on Tuesday that they were shut out of accessing federal funding sites and disbursement systems, including Medicaid, according to the governor's spokesperson.

• The governor said child care agencies, local universities and the state's Medicaid program are all in danger.
• "There were several Head Start programs that would not have been able to pay their payrolls today, " Pritzker added.

Zoom in: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's office is still assessing what the exact impact could be on budgets and services.

• City officials said Chicago received $4 billion in grants last year, and a portion of that number was from the federal government. The city counts on federal dollars for big projects like the expansion of the Red Line, disaster relief and low-income housing assistance, just to name a few areas.

Yes, but: The Trump administration says the freeze was to get spending in line with recent executive orders, like eliminating DEI programs and auditing foreign aid.

• Administration officials also said the freeze would not affect Social Security or Medicare, or any individual payouts.