A second federal judge has extended a block barring the Trump administration from freezing grants and loans potentially totaling trillions of dollars. U.S.

A federal judge issued a long-term order blocking President Donald Trump’s controversial attempt to freeze billions of dollars in Congress-approved loans, grants and other payments to recipients across the US.

A second federal judge indefinitely blocked President Trump’s blanket freeze on federal grants and loans, saying the administration “put itself above Congress.” U.S. District Judge John McConnell’s preliminary injunction in favor of Democratic state attorneys general adds to a near-identical block imposed by a federal judge in the nation’s capital late last month.