Questions remained Tuesday about which programs would be covered by the federal funding pause announced Monday and which would not.

Two lawsuits were filed in response to the freeze: one by nonprofit organizations and another by 22 state attorneys general — including Nessel.

The lawsuit, filed by Catholic Charities of Jackson, Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties, argues Michigan’s law violates free speech, due process and free exercise because it targets religious speech and “interferes with the right of parents” to raise their children with religious beliefs.

A federal judge denied an injunction intended to halt Michigan's ban on "conversion therapy" for LGBTQ+ youth.

A federal judge denied a request for a preliminary injunction against Michigan's conversion therapy ban. Plaintiffs have appealed the ruling.

The White House announced its pausing of federal grants and loans starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday as Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined CBS News Detroit after the Trump administration announced it was rescinding its federal funding memo. The announcement comes less than two days after the White House ordered a freeze on federal assistance.

LANSING — Michigan's attorney general joined a group of 22 attorneys general Tuesday in a lawsuit aiming to halt a White House freeze on federal grants and loans.

Nessel released a statement Tuesday, addressing the freeze on federal funding, calling it "absurd and unprecedented."

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s renewed request for the Department of Justice’s case file on President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election has gone unanswered,

A law barring conversion therapy in Michigan remains in effect. Tuesday, a preliminary injunction seeking to stop enforcement of the ban, which was signed into law by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2023, was denied by a federal judge as the case proceeds through court.

LANSING, Mich — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is pushing back against an Executive Order issued by President Trump that temporarily freezes federal funding and grants. The order pauses ...