Trump blocked from imposing sweeping federal funding freeze

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Source: Reuters

February 25, 2025 3:30 PM EST Updated 2 min ago


Feb 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday extended an order blocking President Donald Trump's administration from instituting a sweeping freeze on trillions of dollars in federal funding by pausing grants, loans and other financial support.

U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan in Washington wrote tab that while some funds had become unfrozen since she first temporarily blocked the administration's spending pause, there remained a risk the administration might again try to shut off funding.

The judge, an appointee of Democratic former President Joe Biden, said for those reasons she agreed with groups representing nonprofits and small business that a preliminary injunction was necessary blocking a further funding freeze. "The injunctive relief that defendants fought so hard to deny is the only thing in this case holding potentially catastrophic harm at bay," she wrote.

Those groups sued after the White House's Office of Management and Budget on January 27 issued a memo directing federal agencies to temporarily pause spending on federal financial assistance programs. That memo said the freeze was necessary while the administration reviewed grants and loans to ensure they are aligned with Trump's executive orders, including ones ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs and directing a pause on spending on projects seeking to combat climate change.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-blocked-imposing-sweeping-federal-funding-freeze-2025-02-25/

[cstanleytech]

1. Good as it's unconstitutional for him to try and do an end run around Congress as Congress has the power of the purse.

[Stonealone]

2. So What??

look at the Orange Monkey's real hero, Pres. Andrew Jackson. He told the Supreme Court to stick it's ruling against him up someplace where the sun don't shine. And he got away with it. What makes you think that any judge will be able to stop this trainwreck from happening?