Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Trump Administration’s Five-State Funding Freeze Is Unlawful, Harmful, and a Major Threat to People in Every State

The Trump Administration’s drastic and unprecedented effort to freeze funding for families’ child care and other essential ...

Federal Funding Freeze: What Trump’s $10B Halt Means for Families in Blue States

The grants in question help fund targeted child care and family assistance programs. For people in the affected states, this can become a household budgetary issue ...
Courthouse News Service

‘Why is it tied to the money flow,’ NY judge extends temporary block on Trump social services funding freeze

In early January, the Trump administration notified five blue states that federal reimbursement funding for three social ...

Trump freeze on child care grants ignites NY outcry, confusion

Parents and officials in New York say the temporary federal funding freeze created uncertainty despite a court‑ordered pause.

Mamdani slams Trump freeze on child care funding as NYC braces for potential cuts

Mayor Mamdani on Wednesday slammed the Trump administration’s pause on federal child care and family assistance grants as a “cruel decision that plays politics with children’s futures,” throwing his ...
Northern Public Radio

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin meets with Rockford childcare leaders as Trump admin tries to freeze $1 billion in federal funding

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin was in Rockford on Wednesday meeting with childcare leaders and families. Peter Medlin has more on ...

Trump administration targets 14 blue states with sweeping federal funding review

The Trump administration has ordered a review of federal funding sent to more than a dozen Democratic-led states, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
The Daily Overview on MSN

Trump's $10B funding freeze: What it means for blue-state families

President Donald Trump's decision to halt roughly $10 billion in federal aid to five Democratic-led states is not an abstract budget move, it is a direct shot at the child care and basic safety-net ...