The federal judge who blocked President Donald Trump's freeze on government aid programs expressed concern Monday that the administration is going ahead with its plan.
U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked the action Tuesday, minutes before it was set to go into effect. The administrative stay paused the freeze until Monday.
A White House spokesperson on Wednesday said the federal funding freeze remained in effect despite media reports that it had been rescinded. A memo outlining the federal funding pause was rescinded.
A second judge in Rhode Island issued a temporary order on Friday blocking the administration from halting any federal funding. That order came in a separate lawsuit filed by nearly two dozen Democrat-led states.
AliKhan on Monday was expected to consider extending her temporary block on Trump's plan to halt federal grants and loans, which originally targeted a wide range of funding totaling potentially trillions of dollars.
"JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington says she's concerned that the White House is still implementing the spending freeze that she and a Rhode Island judge have ordered temporarily halted," Politico's Kyle Cheney posted on X. "Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order."
Trump administration officials have said federal assistance to individuals would not be affected by the freeze. That includes recipients for Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, student loans, and scholarships.
AliKhan was appointed to the district court and court of appeals by then-President Joe Biden, Newsweek reported.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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