Judge Halts OMB Funding Freeze But Tees Up Fight Over Budget Powers

January 28, 2025
A federal judge has paused White House efforts to freeze a wide array of EPA and other federal funds to review their consistency with Trump priorities, temporarily deferring widespread confusion over the fate of clean energy, water infrastructure and other funding while also making clear administration efforts to test Congress’ budgetary powers. In a Jan. 28 order from the bench, Judge Loren AliKhan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a request from the National Council...


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