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A judge is expected to consider extending her temporary block on President Donald Trump's plan to halt federal grants and loans, which originally targeted a wide range of funding totaling potentially trillions of dollars. Today, President Trump’s plan to halt federal loans and grants is headed back to court as a judge is expected to consider extending the temporary block on the plan. The Associated Press reported this morning that Judge Loren L. Alikhan blocked the funding freeze minutes before it was scheduled to take effect. Although a memo explaining the federal funding pause was later rescinded, Pres. Trump’s administration says that a funning freeze is still in line with his executive orders. The lawsuit was filed by nonprofit groups that stand to lose federal funding. The article shared this example: “One group that helps elderly people and people with disabilities in West Virginia said it lost access last week to promised federal grant money that makes up the majority of its budget. The group’s services include helping people with intellectual disabilities live on their own and giving essential transportation to elderly people such as an 86-year-old woman who needs dialysis.” The administration said that a brief pause would not affect Medicaid or Social Security payments to individuals. Another judge in Rhode Island issued a temporary order on Friday blocking the administration from halting any federal funding. The order came in a separate lawsuit filed by several Democratic states. |
