Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump administration’s actions set the stage for challenges to Congress’ authority — and the limits of the presidency.

A federal judge in Rhode Island on Monday ordered the Trump administration to comply with his order to unfreeze federal grants, after attorneys general for several Democratic states claimed the

California and 21 other states are suing the Trump administration over efforts to slash key funding universities use to conduct medical research. Last Friday, the National Institutes of Health issued a memo indicating that it would reduce “indirect cost rates to an across-the-board 15% rate.

The Trump administration has violated a court order by refusing to reverse a freeze of billions in government funds, a judge ruled Monday. The ruling was the latest challenge to sweeping White House plans to cut costs and remake the US government.

A federal judge in Rhode Island said that the Trump administration had violated his order halting a sweeping federal funding freeze and ordered the government to “immediately restore frozen funding.” NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist and Laura Jarrett report on the details of the ruling and what happens next.

A U.S. judge on Monday said President Donald Trump's administration violated a court order lifting a broad freeze on federal spending and directed the government to immediately release any withheld funds.

U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued a new motion ordering the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funds, after already doing so in January.

A federal judge found the Trump administration hasn't fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending and ordered the White House to release all money.