California, along with four other Democratic-led states, is suing the Trump administration over its decision to freeze $10 billion in federal funding, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced late on Thursday. 

Calling the administration’s decision “baseless and cruel,” Bonta said the lawsuit was filed jointly by California, New York, Minnesota, Illinois, and Colorado, following allegations of widespread fraud by President Donald Trump. The lawsuit argues that the freeze rests on unsubstantiated fraud claims and violates Congress’s constitutional power over spending. Bonta also said the federal government’s move would cause “irreparable harm.”