President Donald Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than a day after Massachusetts and other states sued and a federal judge intervened.

A judge temporarily blocked the freeze, which the White House says doesn't affect individuals, but federal payment portals are glitching.

Attorney General Andrea Campbell and prosecutors from other states planned to sue President Donald Trump after his administration issued a directive to pause the distribution of federal funding.

Federal aid is a major source of revenue for states. According to Pew Charitable Trusts, federal grants represented 36.4% of total revenue for state governments in fiscal year 2022.

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.

The Trump administration ordered a temporary pause on federal grants, loans and financial assistance. What we know so far about the order.

Nearly three months after Donald Trump won the White House, Massachusetts Democratic Chair Steve Kerrigan is looking forward. "There are 645 days between now and the midterm elections," said Kerrigan.

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

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

By Tuesday afternoon, a federal judge had put the order on a brief stay while challenges to the administration work their way through the courts. But the controversy was far from over.

Reacting to reports that President Trump rescinded his federal funds freeze order, Congresswoman Lori Trahan warned "the fight is far from over."