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 appeared to have "run roughshod" over Congress's authority over government spending.

U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan extended an order she issued last week that paused a sweeping plan to freeze potentially trillions in federal spending. Earlier she expressed concern about nonprofit groups at risk of shutting down, even after judges ordered a halt to funding freezes.

The Trump administration’s push for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans totaling potentially trillions of dollars is on hold for now, on the order of a federal judge.

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's spending freeze, in what advocates cheered was a "big victory" for democracy and the rule of law. A slate of judges issued pauses to Trump's executive order stopping all government funding.

President Donald Trump‘s opponents celebrated when his administration rescinded a memorandum to freeze federal aid spending and saw the action blocked in court, but White House officials think they could have the final word.