Transgender woman wins restraining order against Trump admin
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US President Donald Trump arrives before signing the Laken Riley Act into law in the East Room at the White House in Washington on January 29, 2025 (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images).

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday had some harsh words for the Trump administration as she indefinitely blocked the federal government from implementing a policy that would freeze funding on distributions to federal aid programs.

U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the administration from “implementing, giving effect to, or reinstating under a different name” the directives in a controversial Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo issued last month.

In the 39-page order, the judge noted that OMB had formally rescinded the memo, but called that rescission a “meaningless” and “empty gesture” at best or a “brazen attempt to deprive the court of jurisdiction without actually altering course” at worst.

The injunction effectively extended two temporary restraining orders AliKhan had already placed on the spending freeze after finding that the plaintiffs — a coalition of nonprofit groups — had sufficiently shown that the measure would be “economically catastrophic — and in some circumstances fatal — to their members.”

While AliKhan’s previous restraining orders only lasted 14 days, Tuesday’s order will prevent the funding freeze from going into effect until the court renders a final judgment in the matter or the injunction is overturned by a higher court.

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