Monday, August 17
A U.S. judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from freezing access by five Democratic-led states to more than $10 billion of federal funds for childcare and family assistance based on what it said were concerns about fraud. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian in Manhattan, an appointee of Democratic former President Joe Biden, said he issued a temporary restraining order for the reasons stated in a legal filing by California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York, which filed the lawsuit. The White House did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the ruling. The states sued the Trump administration late on Thursday, two days after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the freeze. Funds that were fro
