Five Democratic-led states sued U.S. ‌President ​Donald Trump's administration on Thursday ‌challenging its decision to freeze their access to more than $10 billion in ​federal childcare and family assistance funds based on what it said were concerns about fraud in their ‍welfare systems.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state Democratic leaders accused President Trump of unleashing a political vendetta after freezing roughly $10 billion in federal funding for child care and social services programs in California and four other states.

Stacey Lee, professor of healthcare law, at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, explains Trump administration move to cut off billions in child care funding to California.

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The Trump administration paused $10 billion of child care funds to California amid widespread fraud claims -- and demanded Gov. Gavin Newsom send the feds a list of vendors, contractors and individuals getting tax money.

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.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state has filed 52 lawsuits against President Donald Trump's administration during his State of the State address Thursday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state must stand up to Republican President Donald Trump 's “assault on our values,” warning in his final State of the State address Thursday that democracy is at stake.