U.S. judge on Monday extended a pause on the Trump administration's plan to freeze federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, following a legal challenge from a group of advocacy organizations.

The Trump administration ordered a temporary pause on federal grants, loans and financial assistance. What we know so far about the order.

Dozens of Head Start programs, which provide childcare and preschool education to low-income children, have been unable to access previously approved federal funding, putting some programs at risk of having to close their doors in the coming days,

Officials said the decision to halt loans and grants was necessary to ensure spending complies with recent executive orders.

The Trump administration offered “no rationale” for cutting off potentially trillions of dollars in federal funding of grants, loans and other financial assistance to recipients nationwide with less than 24 hours notice to conduct an ideological review,