The freeze puts local transit and infrastructure projects at risk. The lawsuit includes a group of nonprofit organizations and cities across the country.

Outrage is growing over the White House's decision to freeze $175 million in funding for the University of Pennsylvania over its transgender athlete policy.

The pause is connected to an investigation into transgender athletes’ participation in sports. As of Wednesday afternoon, the university said it hadn’t heard anything from the federal government.

Legal experts warn that the country is sliding toward a constitutional crisis as President Donald Trump openly defies the federal courts.

President Donald Trump's administration faced a deadline on Thursday to respond to a judicial request for more details on the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants as the judge considers whether officials violated his order temporarily blocking the expulsions.

The judge told Trump-administration officials to explain by March 25 why their failure to bring the deported migrants back to the United States did not violate his order.