A federal judge agreed on Monday to expedite Harvard University's lawsuit seeking to block U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from freezing $2.2 billion in federal grant funding that the Ivy League school has warned will threaten vital medical and scientific research.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to halt any efforts to withhold funds from several so-called sanctuary jurisdictions.

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s funding freeze for a group of local governments with “sanctuary” policies amid the president’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants.