New Jersey and Delaware sue over Trump’s funding freeze. Pennsylvania AG remains quiet.

New Jersey and Delaware filed a federal lawsuit with 20 other states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s administration announced it would pause federal financial assistance.

A federal judge temporarily blocked the freeze on federal grants and loans just minutes before it was set to go into effect, a move that pauses the freeze until Monday, the Associated Press reported.

“Trump’s directive to freeze Congressionally-authorized federal aid isn’t just immoral, it’s unconstitutional,” New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, a Democrat, said in a post on X on Tuesday. “We’re swiftly filing a multi-state federal lawsuit seeking an immediate injunction against this illegal order. We’ll never stop fighting to protect New Jerseyans.”

Natalie Hamilton, a spokesperson for New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s office, said earlier Tuesday that the Democratic governor will bring his cabinet together to discuss the freeze on federal aid, and that he has “directed his team to assess impacts of this move” on the state’s budget and services.

Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings, a Democrat, said in a Facebook post that freezing federal grants will affect “millions in funding for education, infrastructure, health care, and public safety.“

“It is illegal, and we won’t stand for it,” she said. “We’re suing. See you in court.”

In addition to New Jersey, Delaware, and D.C., the lawsuit was brought by the attorneys general of California, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat who frequently sued the Trump administration as attorney general during his first term, told reporters Tuesday he had been in touch with Democratic and Republican governors throughout the day to try to determine the memo’s impact.

“You’ve got governments all across the country, led by Republicans and Democrats alike, who are really concerned about their ability to just run their day-to-day operations,” said Shapiro, who is in a unique position compared with the nearby states because the Pennsylvania attorney general is now a Republican.

Shapiro said he spoke with Pennsylvania’s new Republican attorney general, Dave Sunday, but did not share details of their conversation. Shapiro declined to comment on whether Sunday should join the New Jersey suit.

Brett Hambright, a spokesperson for Sunday, said his office is “reviewing the announcement and assessing the potential impact” when asked if his office would sign on to the lawsuit.

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