Internal dissent among federal employees is coming to the surface as President Donald Trump’s budget chief aims to rebalance spending authority.

Attorneys general from more than 20 states and Washington, D.C. filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging billions of dollars in funding cuts made by the Trump administration that would fund everything from crime prevention to food security to scientific research.

Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Tuesday asking a judge to declare that a key tool Republican President Donald Trump's administration has relied on to cancel federal grants is being used unlawfully to slash billions of dollars in funding.