Feds can’t withhold social service funds from 5 Democratic states amid fraud claims, judge rules

Judge extends block on Trump admin’s bid to slash social services funds to 5 states

A New York judge on Friday extended a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing funds to social service programs in five Democrat-led states. U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick made his ruling at the request of Minnesota, California, Illinois, New York and Colorado. The states receive a total of over $10 billion a year…

Feds ordered to release child care funds to Colorado and four other states

It's the third time a judge has told the federal government to release the funds.

Judge Extends Block on Trump Officials Slashing Funds to Democratic States

A federal judge on Friday extended an order blocking the Trump administration from withholding funds for child care and social services in five Democratic-led states, keeping at bay for now cuts that the states say are politically motivated and would harm hundreds of thousands of people. The order from Judge Vernon S. Broderick in New York stops the administration from carrying out its threat to restrict as much as $10 billion in funding for Min…

Judge blocks Trump’s $10B child care funding freeze that targeted blue states, including Illinois

A federal judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction in the case concerning the Trump administration’s freeze on $10 billion in child care and family planning funding to five blue states, including Illinois.

Judge rules Trump administration can’t withhold child care and social service funds to Illinois and 4 other states

A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must keep funds flowing to child care subsidies and other social service programs in five Democratic-controlled states — at least for now. U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick in New York, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama, granted the states’ request for a preliminary injunction and a stay against the administration to bar it from withholding the money wh…

Feds can't withhold social service funds from NY, judge rules

A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must keep funds flowing to child care subsidies and other social service programs in five Democratic-controlled states — at least for now.