Some nonprofits say they still can't access federal funds despite rulings blocking Trump's freeze
Some forms of federal aid spending still appear to be frozen, a federal judge in Washington said Monday, despite a court order blocking the Trump administration's funding pause and the Office of Management and Budget's move last week to rescind its own memo announcing the policy.
Some forms of federal aid spending still appear to be frozen, a federal judge in Washington said Monday, despite a court order blocking the Trump administration's funding pause and the Office of Management and Budget's move last week to rescind its own memo announcing the policy.
President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on domestic and foreign federal aid last week in an effort to halt funding for causes that don’t fit with his agenda. But facing court challenges, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget walked it back a day later.
Still, cases challenging the initial order are working their way through the court system.
U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan, who granted a temporary restraining order blocking the funding freeze in a case Monday, dismissed arguments from the Justice Department that the lawsuit should have been dismissed because it was moot owing to the rescission of the OMB memo.
"We have individuals who are still having issues accessing funding platforms," AliKhan said at a hearing. "That indicates to me the memo is still doing some work."
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