Gov. Josh Shapiro took the rare step on Thursday of suing President Donald Trump’s administration over its alleged failure to disburse more than $2 billion in federal funds to Pennsylvania, calling the move illegal and unconstitutional in the wake of a federal court ordering the White House to restore the funding.

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Justice Department's request to pause a judge's order while it challenges the order in court.

Governor Josh Shapiro filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s freeze of federal funding. As of today — after multiple court orders to release the federal funds and Shapiro’s engagement with Pennsylvania’s federal representatives — state agencies still remain unable to access $1.

Josh Shapiro is suing the Trump administration over a federal funding freeze that's denying state agencies $2.1 billion. Shapiro, in a statement, said that despite court rulings ordering the funding to be released and his administration's work with federal lawmakers,

Recent court orders slowing down or indefinitely blocking President Donald Trump’s policy blitz have raised the specter that the executive branch might openly flout the federal judiciary and prompted questions about how judges would respond.