A second federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest twist over the spending of trillions of dollars in grants and loans.Judge John McConnell sided with nearly two dozen states that requested an emergency order preventing most federal agencies from halting funding.

A federal judge temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration’s pause on federal grants and loans Tuesday, just hours before it was set to take effect, as a slew of advocacy groups, charities,