President Donald Trump's administration's funding freeze order was paused by a judge, and Gov. J.B. Pritzker blasted the executive order as "illegal."

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said the sweeping cuts confirmed by the White House to thousands of programs — ones that fund everything from highway projects to kids’ lunches, drug addiction assistance to medical research labs — was going to include cuts to Medicaid too,

Though the White House took pains to walk back some aspects of the funding shakeup, the governor contends the damage was done — and the damage, as he sees it, was the point.

Several Illinois state officials have responded to news that the Trump administration is pausing federal grants and loans in an effort to review wasteful spending. A White House memo directs agencies to conduct an analysis to ensure that spending is in line with Trump’s edicts to end “wokeness” and to make government more efficient.

Illinois officials say the Trump Administration lied to them on what they planned to do.

Pennsylvania state and local officials were sent scrambling after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered a temporary pause on federal financial assistance, a halt that could affect trillions of dollars and disrupt hundreds of programs.