Trump-appointed judge deals legal blow to the White House

'Not plausible': Trump-appointed judge hands him major loss in court

President Donald Trump's administration is having a difficult time defending the legality of its policies — even to judges Trump himself put on the bench.Politico reported Monday that U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, who Trump appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia during the first year of his first term, wasn't buying the administration's argument in favor of withholding congressionally appropriated funds for the…

Trump dealt a legal blow from his own appointee: 'Neither reasoned nor rational'

President Donald Trump was dealt a court loss Monday afternoon from a federal judge he appointed during his first term.Trump nominated Dabney Friedrich as a United States district judge in 2017 and she was confirmed in November of that year. On Monday, that decision came back to bite him, as Friedrich ruled the Trump administration illegally withheld tens of millions of dollars in funding from the National Endowment for Democracy, or NED, that h…

Trump-appointed judge deals legal blow to the White House

A Trump-appointed judge ruled against the administration, concluding that it improperly withheld congressionally-approved funds.