Gender-based violence organizations have begun to self-edit their public-facing media out of fear they will lose federal grants essential to the provision of life-saving services.

A federal judge on Thursday said he stood ready to enforce an order he issued blocking U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from freezing federal grants, loans and other financial assistance after Democratic-led states said billions of dollars in funding was still being tied up.

A planned Trump administration freeze on federal funding is heading back to a Washington courtroom. A judge Monday is expected to consider extending her temporary block on President Donald Trump's plan to halt federal grants and loans,

A U.S. judge on Monday extended a pause on the Trump administration's plan to freeze federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, saying it may have "run roughshod" over Congress's constitutional authority over government spending.

Agencies are reporting tens of millions of dollars in stalled grant funding for a range of infrastructure and environmental projects.

Rhode Island’s chief federal judge on Thursday extended a temporary restraining order that blocks the Trump administration’s push to freeze federal assistance for at least another 14 days as the case continues to progress through court.

The case is scheduled to reconvene in-person at the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island on Feb. 21, at the request of several state attorneys general to offline.

Courts have blocked the order, but some nonprofits have still had to furlough workers and put projects on hold.