New York's federal funding for child care and cash aid to the poor has been frozen by the Trump administration in action affecting five blue states.

California is one of five Democrat-led states where the Trump administration is pausing billions in federal funding for child care and other social services. Why it matters: Cutting funding could affect some providers' ability to operate,

The Trump administration’s cruel decision to freeze up to $10 billion in child care and social services subsidies earmarked for five states whose governors are Democrats came without any justification.

The Trump administration’s crackdown on the $12 billion Child Care and Development Fund, which subsidizes care for 1.4 million children from low-income households, has rattled child care

The Trump administration is freezing social services funding to five Democratic states following a massive fraud scandal and investigation in Minnesota. In a press release Tuesday, the Department of Health and Human Services said that California,

New York, California and three other Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration in a bid to restore $10 billion in federal aid for child care and other services for poor families.

As part of its claims of widespread fraud in the federal safety net, the Trump administration is halting $10 billion in funding for several programs in five Democrat-led states.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is freezing more than $10 billion in federal childcare and family assistance funds to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said,