US judge temporarily blocks Trump's freeze on federal funding

  • A US judge temporarily blocks a sweeping White House order to pause federal grants, loans and other financial assistance from taking effect

  • In her first-ever briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump's plan to pause trillions of dollars in US government funding is about being "good stewards of tax dollars", which she said the president was elected to do

  • The judges ruling came as it was set to come into force on Tuesday, and as confusion spread over which programmes would be impacted

  • Democratic minority leader of the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, earlier said the move would cause missed payrolls and rent payments, and cause "chaos"

US judge temporarily blocks Trump's freeze on federal funding