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 denies Trump’s bid to reimpose federal funding freeze
The Trump administration failed to “identify any harm related to a specific funding action or actions that they will face without their requested administrative stay,” the appeals court
Appeals Court Knocks Down Donald Trump's Effort to Freeze Federal Funding
A federal appeals court on Tuesday declined to halt a judge's order requiring President Donald Trump 's administration to release billions of dollars in federal grants and loans. Despite a prior court ruling blocking a broad freeze on federal funding, states argue that the money remains inaccessible.
Appeals court won't halt judge’s order requiring Trump administration to unfreeze all federal cash
A federal appeals court has refused to immediately halt a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in federal grants and loans.
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.
Trump administration funding freeze blocked by federal judge
A federal judge in Rhode Island has formally blocked the Trump administration's spending freeze, saying in it is likely a violation of the Constitution.
Federal judge blocks Trump’s move to slash NIH funding
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) slammed the National Institutes of Health’s decision to slash billions of dollars in “indirect” costs for biomedical research funding, calling the move mandated by the Trump administration “devastating” and a “poorly conceived directive.”
$2.7 billion Pell Grant shortfall: Will Trump’s federal funding freeze hurt student aid?
The Pell Grant program faces a $2.7 billion funding shortfall for the 2025 fiscal year, raising concerns over financial aid for low-income students. A surge in enrollment and rising costs have intensified the crisis,
US states ask judge to enforce order blocking Trump funding freeze
Democratic attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia on Friday asked a federal judge to enforce his order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from freezing federal grants,
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,
Map Reveals States Set To Be Hit Hardest by Federal Funding Freeze
A funding freeze could create uncertainty and lead to slowdowns or disruptions in essential services for citizens.
Cleveland refugee agencies face ‘seismic’ effect after Trump funding freeze
The effect on the three support agencies who help resettle federally approved refugees in Northeast Ohio has been “seismic,” ...
Trump fires USAID inspector general; appeals court rejects bid to reinstate federal funding freeze
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