D.C. federal judge temporarily blocks Trump plan to pause federal aid spending

WASHINGTON — A federal district judge on Tuesday granted an administrative stay in a case challenging the Trump administration’s planned freeze of federal aid, pausing the plan for a week and setting a hearing for further arguments next Monday morning.

The order only applies to the pause of disbursements in open grants, Judge Loren AliKhan said. And it doesn’t get into the legality of the freeze, instead just giving the court more time for briefings.

The freeze was scheduled to begin Tuesday at 5 p.m.