Massachusetts Nonprofit Network CEO Jim Klocke said that the news was a relief for nonprofits worried about cutting employee hours and layoffs

The funding freeze "violates the separation of powers," Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell said, as a colleague from California called it "arbitrary and capricious."

Massachusetts is joining in legal action as President Trump's administration begins a review of spending that could freeze trillions of government dollars.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told ABC News chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce Tuesday that every single illegal

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt is set to make her debut behind the podium as the White House holds its first official news briefing Tuesday afternoon. Leavitt is certain to get questions related to the White House budget office’s decision to pause all grants and loans disbursed by the federal government to ensure its programs are consistent with President Donald Trump’s executive orders.

Trump's raft of executive orders drew swift condemnation and vows to fight from Massachusetts environmental and civil-liberties advocates.

Reacting to reports that President Trump rescinded his federal funds freeze order, Congresswoman Lori Trahan warned "the fight is far from over."

Worcester's immigrants are anxious amid reports of President Trump’s administration authorizing raids of undocumented immigrants in several cities.

President Donald Trump issued a memo ordering a freezing of federal funds. After lawsuits and a federal judge issuing an injunction, the memo was rescinded.

The action may spark organizations to reach out to individual donors in order to lessen their reliance on government monies.

NewsNation political and economic contributor Mick Mulvaney, who served as the former director of the Office of Management and Budget under Trump, told “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” the administration’s blocked attempt to freeze federal funding for grants, loans and other financial assistance is about impoundment.