Illinois leaders are condemning the Trump administration's surprise freeze of federal grants and loans. Why it matters: Federal funding is a huge part of state and city budgets and could affect everything from services to new development projects to child care programs.

A federal judge temporarily blocked a Trump administration effort to freeze federal grants and potentially trillions of dollars in spending, but not before the Republican president’s declaration caused widespread tumult and confusion within Illinois government and among social service agencies,

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said President Donald Trump’s pause on federal funding is illegal and accused the administration of lying when it said programs that provide direct assistance like Medicaid would not be affected.