WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) - The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services has rescinded a $10 ​billion freeze on child care subsidies and ‌social services funding for five states governed by Democrats after legal obstacles got in the way of ​the freeze attempts, court records[https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.655886/gov.uscourts.nysd.655886.119.2.pdf], showed on Monday. Here ​are details:

• The Department of Health and Human ⁠Services communicated to officials in California, Illinois, ​Colorado, New York and Minnesota that it was ​rescinding its January 5 and January 6 letters to the states, including all data requests and information requirements ​associated with those letters.
• A legal filing on ​Monday released the communication, which said that the mechanism that ‌the ⁠department used to enforce the temporary restricted drawdowns has been terminated.
• A federal judge blocked the move earlier this year for the duration of a ​lawsuit against ​the freeze ⁠brought by the states. Republican President Donald Trump has threatened to freeze federal ​funding for universities, research institutions and ​states ⁠over a range of issues.
• These include fraud claims, climate initiatives, diversity programs, transgender policies and pro-Palestinian protests against U.S. ⁠ally Israel’s ​assault on Gaza.
• Rights advocates say ​the measures violate free speech and due process rights.

Reporting by ​Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Thomas Derpinghaus