Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Funding Freeze A Second Time

By Sigi Ris, Jessica Karins / February 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A second federal judge has issued an order blocking President Donald Trump’s federal funding freeze a second time, following a Department of Justice (DOJ) statement that the department will continue to implement President Donald Trump’s executive orders freezing disbursement of federal funding. This is the second restraining order a judge has issued in this case, with the first one expiring Monday (Feb. 3). The government informed a Rhode Island court earlier Monday it intends to keep implementing Trump’s controversial executive...


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