U.S. President Donald Trump holds an umbrella arsenic helium speaks to members of the media portion departing the White House en way to Florida successful Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 9, 2026.
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A U.S. justice connected Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's medication from freezing entree by 5 Democratic-led states to much than $10 cardinal of national funds for kid attraction and household assistance based connected what it said were concerns astir fraud.
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, an appointee of Democratic erstwhile President Joe Biden, said helium issued a impermanent restraining bid for the reasons stated successful a ineligible filing by California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York, which filed the lawsuit.
The states sued the Trump medication precocious connected Thursday, 2 days aft the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the freeze.
Funds that were frozen see much than $7 cardinal from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which provides currency to low-income families with children. The funds besides included $2.4 cardinal from the Child Care and Development Fund, which helps marque childcare much affordable, and astir $870 cardinal successful societal services grants for children.
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