Trump Tries to Freeze $10B for Kids, Gets Schooled by Judge Instead

KEY POINTS

•The Trump administration tried to freeze about $10 billion in federal funding on January 9, targeting five Democratic-led states.
•States including California and New York sued on January 8, saying the freeze was politically motivated and lacked legal authority.
•A federal judge ordered funds to be released for vulnerable families for at least two weeks despite the administration's claim of fraud.

On a chilly January Friday, Judge Arun Subramanian decided the Trump administration cannot just hit ‘pause’ on a massive $10 billion federal funding spree aimed at child care and social services in five Democratic playgrounds—California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York. This judicial mic drop came just one day after those five blue states sued, accusing the feds of freezing funds based on viral misinformation and Trump’s Twitter tantrums, not actual fraud. Illinois AG Kwame Raoul called this a 'cruel and illegal political game with kids’ lives,' while HHS cited 'systemic fraud' like it was the plot of a daytime soap. The White House stayed silent, presumably tweeting memes instead of statements.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

When your solution to so-called fraud in child care is to freeze $10 billion like a broke college student losing Netflix, maybe you’re just pissed at politics, not facts.

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