RI judge orders Trump administration to restore frozen funds. What we know.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ordered President Trump’s administration to immediately restore frozen funding and to halt any pauses in disbursement of congressionally authorized grants. He warned the government to comply or risk being found in criminal contempt.
RI federal judge orders Trump administration to restore frozen funding, abide by temporary restraining order
U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell ordered the Trump administration Monday to abide by a recent temporary restraining order and restore all frozen federal funds.
Judge in Rhode Island orders Trump administration unlock frozen funds
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to "restore frozen funding" and "end any federal funding pause" while his previous temporary restraining order
RI judge poised to block Trump's federal spending freeze. What to know.
The 23 state attorneys general involved in the suit will now draft a temporary restraining order, and the Trump administration will need to respond.
RI federal judge says Trump administration violated funding freeze order; Trump appeals
U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell granted a “motion for enforcement” of a temporary restraining order, or TRO, he signed last month, blocking President Donald Trump’s freeze of Congress-approved funds across the country.
US judge says Trump administration violated order lifting spending freeze
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.
'Constitutionally flawed': RI judge blocks Trump federal spending freeze. What comes next?
As expected, Judge McConnell granted a temporary restraining order preventing the administration from freezing spending.
RI federal judge extends temporary restraining order against Trump funding freeze
The case is scheduled to reconvene in-person at the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island on Feb. 21, at the request of several state attorneys general to offline.
Judge finds Trump administration violated court order halting funding freeze
A federal judge in Rhode Island on Monday said that the Trump administration had violated his order halting a sweeping federal funding freeze and ordered the government to “immediately restore frozen funding.
Judge Directs Trump Administration to Comply With Order on Frozen Funds
A judge ordered the Trump administration to restore federal funding it had tried to freeze, saying the White House wasn’t fully complying with an earlier ruling against it. The order was one of several across the judiciary Monday that temporarily paused rapid-fire efforts by the White House to target federal spending and personnel.
Trump administration appeals federal judge's order to unfreeze federal funds
U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued a new motion ordering the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funds, after already doing so in January.
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