The Trump administration said on Thursday the Federal Emergency Management Agency had made more than $2.2 billion in payments to a group of states over the past three weeks, meaning it was in compliance with a judge's order blocking an earlier sweeping pause of federal grants,

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s funding freeze for local governments with “sanctuary” policies amid the president’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants. US District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco on Thursday granted the cities’ request for an injunction while the legal fight plays out.

A federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to halt any efforts to withhold funds from cities and counties deemed so-called sanctuary jurisdictions for refusing to cooperate with U.