A Trump administration order to pause federal spending on Tuesday led to bureaucratic bedlam in Rhode Island and across the country as state government officials tried to assess the local impact of suddenly turning off federal spigots.

U.S. District Judge John McConnell said statements from the White House had undercut its attempt to rescind the memo ordering the spending freeze.

A judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s potential freeze of federal funding. This comes after Rhode Island and Massachusetts signed onto a multi-state lawsuit, which successfully temporarily blocked the pause of trillions of dollars nationwide from going into effect.

U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan blocked the Trump administration from implementing it for now. A federal judge has halted President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal aid programs, ruling that the courts need more time to consider the potentially far-reaching ramifications of his order.

The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded a sweeping directive to pause federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, a White House official said, just shortly before it was set to appear in court for a second straight day to defend the policy.

The Trump administration retreated from its attempt to freeze trillions of dollars allocated by Congress, including grants, loans and financial assistance, after triggering a national uproar and a rap on the knuckles from a federal judge who partially blocked the potentially unconstitutional edict before it could take effect.

The move comes after the order sparked widespread criticism and confusion. A federal district judge had temporarily paused the freeze.