Trump administration can't require states to cooperate with ICE to get transportation funding, judge says A judge said the Trump administration cannot tie federal transportation funding to cooperation with immigration authorities.

#JudgeJohnMcConnell sided with the 20 plaintiff states on Thurs., issuing a preliminary injunction that barred the govt from enforcing the new #immigration rules for "the States and their governmental subdivisions" while the lawsuit works its way through court.
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Trump administration violated court order by pausing FEMA grants, judge says A federal judge ruled on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration violated a court order by halting the disbursement of hundreds of millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Management Agency grants to states.

U.S. Dist Ct #JudgeJohnMcConnell has ruled the #Trump admin violated an earlier order by halting disbursement of millions of dollars in #FEMA grants to states.

McConnell’s earlier injunction blocked the admin from pausing federal grants, loans, & other financial aid. www.reuters.com/legal/trump-...

USDistrict Judge John McConnell

Judge Just Fucking Says It: Trump Is Breaking The Law 🔨
- #theFuckingNews #WhiteHouse #USDistrictJudge #Trump #Musk #Unlawful #JudgeJohnMcConnell

Judge finds Trump administration violated court order halting funding freeze This is the first time in President Donald Trump’s second term that a federal judge has accused his administration of defying a court order.

A step in the right direction in #RhodeIsland
Thank you, U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell, for standing up for the rule of law and not kissing the ring!

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#OMB #USDistrictCourt #AThreadOfHope #JudgeJohnMcConnell

Trump administration ordered to restore all frozen federal spending - Sight Magazine A US judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to fully comply with a previous order lifting its broad freeze on federal spending.

Trump administration ordered to restore all frozen federal spending @sightmagazine.bsky.social #US #DonaldTrump #USspendingfreeze #JudgeJohnMcConnell

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#RhodeIsland U.S. District Chief #JudgeJohnMcConnell blocked Donald Trump's spending freeze with a temporary restraining order, saying it is likely "the Executive's actions violate the Constitution and statutes of the United States."

Another judge is preparing to block Trump’s spending freeze, despite White House cleanup U.S. District Judge John McConnell said a bid by the White House to rescind a “hugely ambiguous” order implementing the freeze appeared to be undercut by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s...

“OOPS”: #JudgeJohnMcConnell says a bid by #Trump to rescind a “hugely ambiguous” order implementing a federal funding freeze was undercut by #PressSec #KarolineLeavitt’s later statement that the freeze was still in effect. So he’s issuing an order to block it. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...