Federal Judge BLOCKS President Trump’s Government Funding Freeze

Just moments before President Trump’s order to freeze all federal grants and loans went into effect, a federal judge stopped it in its tracks!

U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan has put a temporary block on the freeze until another hearing can be held on February 3rd.

Take a look at the breaking news:

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants and loans. pic.twitter.com/leAAuG2Jp8

— Pop Base (@PopBase) January 28, 2025

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered a halt to Donald Trump's sweeping aid freeze, issuing a "brief administrative stay" to preserve the status quo for at least a few days while further litigation plays out.

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 28, 2025

Alex Jones had a lot to say on this:

Breaking! Federal Judge Fraudulently Blocks Trump Administration Freeze on Billions Of Globalist NGO Funds Being Used To Destabilize America

Breaking News And Reports Here:https://t.co/o6sm9Yq9k1 pic.twitter.com/eBfH0RCeD9

— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) January 29, 2025

The block comes amid outcry over President Trump’s policy from the likes of leftists like Tim Walz and AOC, who (falsely) claimed that the order would harm everyday Americans who depend on federal funding programs like Medicaid.

Here are just a few of those posts:

President Trump just shut off funding for law enforcement, farmers, schools, veterans, and health care.⁰
We are working diligently to reverse this, but we are preparing for every outcome to help Minnesotans weather this storm.

Minnesota needs answers. We’ll see Trump in court.

— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) January 28, 2025

Trump is holding all the nation’s hospitals and vital services hostage to seize power from Congress and hand it over to billionaires.

We must state the truth: this is a constitutional crisis. It’s a massive, illegal power grab that the House and Senate have a sworn duty to stop.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 28, 2025

However, President Trump’s new Rapid Response fact-checking social media account was quick to shut down those lies:

Wrong (as usual) https://t.co/AmS2DRM86L pic.twitter.com/2E2a8lTQWL

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 28, 2025

It also comes as NY AG Leticia James announced a lawsuit against President Trump over the federal funding freeze.

More details on that here:

LAWFARE 2.0 – NY Attorney General Letitia James FILING SUIT Against Trump Administration!

U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan says that the temporary block on the freeze is meant to maintain the "status quo" until all litigation can be settled.

USA Today reported:

A federal judge temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy Tuesday that aimed to review grants and loans to ensure they complied with his priorities, which lawmakers and legal experts blasted as unconstitutional.

The lawsuit challenging the policy announced in President Donald Trump's second week back in office hit the docket less than 24 hours after news of the policy became public.

U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ordered the Trump administration not to halt grant funding until at least Feb. 3, when another hearing will be held on the dispute.

The judge said her temporary ruling was intended to "maintain the status quo." It does not block the Trump administration from freezing funding to new programs, or require it to restart funding that has already ended.

A coalition of advocacy groups represented by Democracy Forward – the National Council of Nonprofits, the American Public Health Association, the Main Street Alliance and SAGE advocates for LGBTQ+ – asked the court to block the policy to avoid “catastrophic” harm to people in various aspects of their lives.

Diane Yentel, CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits, cheered the judge's order but cautioned the funding halt is temporary.

"We have a lot more work to do in the courts, through Congress and in other ways to ensure that this reckless action, or attempted action, by the OMB can't move forward in the long term."

Those fighting against President Trump's mandate might have scored a temporary win on this, but the battle is from over...

In times like these, I can't help but wonder how Kamala or Biden would have responded in such a situation?

Bad Hombre on X made a great point:

Reminder that President Trump can completely ignore the activist judge’s temporary block on his federal spending freeze.

Joe Biden set that precedent by ignoring court rulings concerning his student loan handouts, vaccine mandates, and eviction moratorium.

— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) January 28, 2025