A federal judge on Friday sided with a coalition of 22 states and temporarily blocked a federal aid funding freeze directed by the Trump administration — the second such order this week.

A federal judge in Rhode Island has formally blocked the Trump administration's spending freeze, saying in an order this afternoon that the funding freeze is likely a violation of the Constitution.

An email to implementing partners from Jami Rodgers, USAID’s senior procurement executive, acknowledged that there are costs and scheduling changes due to the funding freeze. It noted the agency ...

There will still be rounds of cold through the end of January, but not as extreme as the conditions during the deep freeze period in which temps were between 10 and 25 degrees below average, according ...

Here’s a list of what we know about. If you’re looking for school closures, here’s the article: Gulf Coast Freeze: School closings, schedule changes. UPDATE (10:35 a.m. Jan. 23): The Central ...

Frigid temperatures and snowstorms moved from the Gulf Coast to northern Florida and the Carolinas, according to the National Weather Service. Photo: Derick E Hingle/Shutterstock A rare winter ...

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Houston Mayor John Whitmire said that all city operations should resume tomorrow. "We have some work to do, but today we’re prepared to return to normal operations," he said. Randi Richardson ...

(Bloomberg) -- A deep freeze is straining power supplies across the eastern US, sending demand on the country’s largest electric grid to an all-time winter high as the South digs out from one of ...

On one of Michigan’s coldest days — so cold that schools and even the Detroit Zoo was closed — workers at Elmwood Cemetery braved the arctic air to find a way to dig a grave in the frozen ...