President Donald Trump's administration will release more than $5 billion in previously approved funding for K-12 school programs that it froze over three weeks ago under a review, which had led to bipartisan condemnation.

Justice Department officials interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, in Tallahassee, Fla., on Thursday. Senators used a similar approach in the past to overcome a stalemate on judicial nominations.

The Trump administration is releasing $5 billion in grant money from schools, the Education Department said on Friday.

A letter from the state's congressional Democrats comes as Republicans have asked and Democrats have sued over the matter.

Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and 13 other Senate Republicans are urging the Trump administration to release National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding that has been held up for months. The GOP

The episode premiered less than two days after Paramount reached a $1.5 billion streaming deal with “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.