Political and Legislative
Trump Administration Directed to Reinstate Frozen Federal Spending
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.
U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, had already blocked the funding freeze with a temporary restraining order on Jan. 31, but a group of Democratic state attorneys general who sued to block the move said last week that the government was still withholding funds.
Read more at Reuters.
