The question was when, not whether, Trump’s funding freeze would face a legal challenge. A group of Democratic state attorneys general answered soon after.
The challenge comes amid uncertainly over funding for city agencies and nonprofit organization, and as states, including New York, are already reporting funding issues.
The freeze became public thanks to a leaked memo in which the White House’s budget office ordered federal agencies to pause all financial assistance related to foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations,
The White House said the pause will not include direct assistance, as New York Attorney General Letitia James leads a lawsuit to stop the pause.
A federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden paused the Trump administration's temporary federal funding freeze just as it was set to go into effect.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Donald Trump ’s administration from freezing federal grant funding across government agencies, dealing a setback to the White House’s plan to pause federal programs that don’t align with the new president’s political ideology.
Habba railed on Fox News about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) condemnation of President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal grant programs and Schumer’s claim it will be legally fought “right away” by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
The freeze became public thanks to a leaked memo in which the White House’s budget office ordered federal agencies to pause all financial assistance related to foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations,
New York Attorney General Letitia James claimed that the Trump administration cannot force local law enforcement to help federal officials with detaining illegal migrants.