A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Trump administrative directive freezing federal grant funding, while 23 state attorneys general, including Connecticut's, filed suit.

U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan, acting on a petition from a coalition of nonprofits, issued an administrative stay just minutes before the "pause" on new allocations was set to begin. The judge ordered additional briefing and set a hearing for Monday.