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Second judge temporarily blocks federal funding freeze efforts by Trump administration

By Michael Casey, Associated Press

A second federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest twist over the spending of trillions of dollars in grants and loans.

Federal judge halts Trump freeze on federal grants and loans for a week

By Chris Megerian, Associated Press

The order from U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan came minutes before the funding freeze was scheduled to go into effect.

WATCH: At Tribal Nations Summit, Biden discusses steps to help heal wrongs and bring 'new era' of tribal sovereignty

By Colleen Long, Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press

President Joe Biden signed an executive order that seeks to make it easier for Indigenous peoples to access federal funding, and have greater autonomy over how to spend it.

Inside McCarthy's deal with House Democrats to pass 11th-hour funding plan

By John Yang, Lisa Desjardins, Harry Zahn

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are down to the wire with efforts to avoid a government shutdown at midnight. The House overwhelmingly passed a temporary spending bill Saturday after Speaker McCarthy turned to Democrats for help. But the Senate has to…

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Tennessee House speaker considers rejecting federal education money

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press

To date, no state has successfully rejected federal education funds even as state and local officials have long grumbled about some of the requirements and testing that at times come attached to the money.

Prisoners will soon be eligible for federal grants, opening new educational opportunities

By Stephanie Sy, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Sarah Clune Hartman

Colleges are gearing up for a spike of interest in prison education programs. That's because incarcerated people will soon be eligible for Pell Grants. It will be the first time in 28 years prisoners can access that federal funding for…

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States clash over rental assistance as the federal government reallocates funds

By Associated Press

The debate is playing out across the country as the Treasury Department begins reallocating some of the $46.5 billion in rental assistance from places slow to spend to others that are running out of funds.

White House warns U.S. could be 'blindsided' by the next variant without more COVID funding from Congress

By Rachel Cohrs, Andrew Joseph, STAT

The White House is begging Congress for more funds to help with COVID-19 surveillance, testing, and treatments — a call that could be bolstered by emerging signs of an increase in COVID-19 cases in Europe.

Senate sends Trump stopgap spending bill

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

The measure would buy additional time for lawmakers to unclog yearly spending bills amid fights over President Donald Trump's border wall and abortion.