U.S. President Donald Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 24, 2025.
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A trio of federal judges on Tuesday dealt the Trump administration setbacks in separate court cases involving federal spending, refugees and foreign aid.
In one case, a judge extended a block on the Trump administration freezing federal spending on grants, loans and other financial aid.
“In the simplest terms, the freeze was ill-conceived from the beginning,” wrote Judge Loren Alikhan in an opinion issued in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
“Defendants either wanted to pause up to $3 trillion in federal spending practically overnight, or they expected each federal agency to review every single one of its grants, loans, and funds for compliance in less than twenty-four hours,” Alikhan wrote.
“The breadth of that command is almost unfathomable.”
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