Trump reignites legal fight over freezing billions in federal funding
The Trump administration is reigniting a legal fight over whether it can unilaterally freeze billions of dollars in funding in loans, grants and financial assistance.
The Courts Blocked Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze. Agencies Are Withholding Money Anyway.
Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump administration’s actions set the stage for challenges to Congress’ authority — and the limits of the presidency.
Appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to immediately reinstate funding freeze
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Justice Department's request to pause a judge's order while it challenges the order in court.
Appeals court rejects Trump administration’s emergency bid to resume spending freeze
President Donald Trump’s blanket freeze of federal spending hit another stumbling block Tuesday when a federal appeals court refused an emergency bid by his administration to lift the restrictions. The decision,
US Judge Says Trump Administration Violated Order Lifting Spending Freeze
A U.S. judge on Monday said President Donald Trump's administration violated a court order lifting a broad freeze on federal spending and directed the government to immediately release any withheld funds.
Trump asks US court to end 'judicial overreach' and allow funding freezes
President Donald Trump's administration has asked an appeals court to put on hold a U.S. judge's decision forcing it to comply with his order barring it from freezing federal grants, loans and other financial assistance,
Judge Directs Trump Administration to Comply With Order on Frozen Funds
A judge ordered the Trump administration to restore federal funding it had tried to freeze, saying the White House wasn’t fully complying with an earlier ruling against it. The order was one of several across the judiciary Monday that temporarily paused rapid-fire efforts by the White House to target federal spending and personnel.
Judge blocks Trump administration from cutting research funding after 22 states sue
A federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration's radical changes to how the National Institutes of Health pays for biomedical research, putting on hold a plan to slash research funding paid out by the federal government.
Trump administration appeals federal judge's order to unfreeze federal funds
U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued a new motion ordering the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funds, after already doing so in January.
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Some Democrats vow to use leverage in government funding fight
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