Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans

[Dennis Donovan]

Source: AP

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Updated 5:00 PM EST, January 28, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars.

U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked the action Tuesday afternoon, minutes before it was set to go into effect. The administrative stay pauses the freeze until Monday.

The White House had planned to start the pause as they begin an across-the-board ideological review of federal spending.

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Administration officials have said federal assistance to individuals would not be affected, including Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, student loans and scholarships.


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pause-federal-grants-aid-f9948b9996c0ca971f0065fac85737ce

[underpants]

1. Just about to post. Good.

[Lulu KC]

2. Yay!

Keep the decent news coming, PLEASE and thank you!

[nitpicked]

3. The TV said it will last until 5 pm

on Monday.

[a kennedy]

4. Oh, and does this sound to religious, "THANK YOU JESUS".

Or Judge Loren L. AliKhan……oh wait a Woman Judge. THANK YOU.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. What will hopefully be a fusillade of lawsuits

and blocks are basically what is needed to halt (or at least slow) this avalanche of bullshit.

[JMCKUSICK]

6. Thank you Dennis

As temporary as this is, I believe they only issue injunctions when there's a likelihood of success in their argument.
I'm stating the above from memory, which at my age might be failing lol. Please correct me if I'm mistaken.
This is a huge relief and hopefully will still be in place on the 21st of February and whatever dates are of equal importance to so many others.