US EditionJudge temporarily blocks Trump administration's new transit and homelessness grant conditions
- On May 7, 2025, a federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary 14-day injunction preventing the Trump administration from enforcing new stipulations on mass transit and homelessness funding in Seattle and several other municipalities.
- The injunction came in response to a legal challenge initiated recently by eight local governments, which opposed conditions aimed at curbing diversity policies, mandating assistance with deportation efforts, and limiting access to abortion-related information.
- Judge Rothstein found the conditions lacked congressional approval, were unrelated to grant purposes, and risked withholding hundreds of millions in already budgeted federal funding from local jurisdictions.
- Rothstein noted that the Defendants have placed the Plaintiffs in a difficult situation where they must either comply with conditions they consider unconstitutional or face the potential forfeiture of substantial federal grant money.
- The order prevents the Department of Housing and Urban Development along with the Federal Transit Administration from imposing new conditions or withholding funds for a two-week period, while local officials pursue an extended injunction.
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Federal judge blocks new Trump conditions for mass transit, homelessness grants
The Trump administration may not, for now, impose new conditions furthering the president’s agenda on certain mass transit and homelessness services grants, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Senior U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein, an appointee of former President Carter, temporarily blocked the administration from placing the constraints on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of grants…
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration's new transit and homelessness grant conditions
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from imposing new transit and homelessness grant conditions.
Seattle judge blocks Trump administration's new federal grant conditions
Seattle Judge Barbara Rothstein Chambers has issued a temporary restraining order, blocking the Trump administration’s recently imposed federal funding conditions. “King County is pleased that Judge Rothstein has granted a temporary restraining order recognizing the urgent nature of our court filing, which questions the lawfulness of the administration’s actions,” King County Executive Shannon Braddock said via a news release. “Today’s ruling is…
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