A federal judge said Wednesday he plans to grant a group of Democratic attorneys general's request to block President Trump’s freeze on federal aid, even though the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo was rescinded amid confusion earlier in the day.

At the end of a 35-minute virtual hearing, U.S. District Judge John McConnell signaled he agreed the OMB's rescission of its Monday night announcement did not moot the motion filed by 22 states and Washington, D.C.

“The inappropriate effects that the state has put forward, I think the state has convinced me are going to........

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