Judge extends block on Trump admin's bid to slash social services funds to 5 states [View all]

Source: The Hill

02/07/26 12:32 PM ET


A New York judge on Friday extended a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing funds to social service programs in five Democrat-led states.

U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick made his ruling at the request of Minnesota, California, Illinois, New York and Colorado. The states receive a total of over $10 billion a year from the federal government for its programs, which help with child care and family assistance.

New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) praised the ruling in a statement, saying the “illegal funding freeze would have caused severe chaos in the lives of some of the most vulnerable families in our state.”

“We are pleased that the court has once again sided with us,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) wrote in his own statement. “The Trump Administration’s actions are not only unlawful — they are cruel, targeting the most vulnerable among us. My fellow attorneys general and I will not relent in this case, and we are confident that we will ultimately prevail in permanently blocking the unlawful funding freeze.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5727806-judge-block-funding-freeze-social-services-programs-democratic-states/