By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's Department of Health and Human Services ‌has rescinded a $10 billion freeze on child care ‌subsidies and social services funding for five states governed by Democrats ​after legal obstacles got in the way of the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 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)