{"id":2396220,"date":"2025-01-28T16:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T21:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-ags-announce-lawsuit-to-block-trump-funding-freeze-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T16:37:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T21:37:59","slug":"democratic-ags-announce-lawsuit-to-block-trump-funding-freeze-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-ags-announce-lawsuit-to-block-trump-funding-freeze-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic AGs announce lawsuit to block Trump funding freeze &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-ags-announce-lawsuit-to-block-trump-funding-freeze-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2396220&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A group of Democratic attorneys\u200b general, lead by New York Attorney General Letitia James, is planning to sue the Trump \u200cgovernance over a freeze on federal grants and loans announced by\u200d the acting Office\u2063 of Management and Budget director, Matthew Vaeth. This freeze, which is \u200dset to \u200btake effect soon, \u200cwill impact several federal programs but will not affect direct assistance to individuals, such as Social Security. \u2062James expressed strong\u200c opposition to the order during a\u2064 press briefing, stating that the lawsuit aims to halt what she described as an illegal freeze that threatens essential services for millions of Americans. Other attorneys\u2062 general from \u200bstates like California,\u2063 Illinois, Massachusetts, New jersey, \u200cand Rhode Island joined her in this effort, emphasizing the importance of maintaining vital\u2063 social programs. The White House has since clarified that key \u200cassistance programs like \u2064social Security and \u2064medicare will not be paused.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democratic attorneys general announce lawsuit to block Trump funding freeze<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1958495\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A group of Democratic attorneys general, led by New York&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/letitia-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Letitia James\">Letitia James<\/a>, announced their plans to sue the Trump administration over its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3302639\/trump-democratic-backlash-blitzkrieg-federal-grant-freeze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Letitia James\">pause<\/a> of federal grants and loans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The pause, announced in a memorandum issued by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s acting Office of Management and Budget director, Matthew Vaeth, will affect several grants but not assistance offered directly to individuals, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3302566\/federal-assistance-freeze-halt-social-security-medicare-payments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">such as<\/a> Social Security, according to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have raged over the order, with James announcing a plan to halt the pause, which is slated to be enacted by 5 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Later today, I am leading and joining with my colleagues, my <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">fellow democratic attorneys general<\/a>, in suing this administration to stop this illegal freeze of essential funds for our state. We will not stand for any illegal policy that puts essential services for millions of Americans at risk, and we work tirelessly overnight to ensure that that does not happen,&rdquo; James said at a press briefing Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our lawsuit will seek an order, a court order, to immediately stop the enforcement of the OMB policy and to preserve essential funding for Americans,&rdquo; James added.<\/p>\n<p>James was joined in her announcement by the attorneys general of California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will not stand by while the president attempts to disrupt vital programs that feed our kids, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-defeat-bid-to-protect-abortion-survivors\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats Defeat Bid to Protect Abortion Survivors\">provide medical care<\/a> to our families, and support housing in our communities. We won&rsquo;t stand by while the president breaks the law and oversteps his authority as outlined in our Constitution, a constitution he swore an oath to uphold just one week ago,&rdquo; California Attorney General Robert Bonta said at the briefing. &ldquo;It shouldn&rsquo;t be too much to ask that the president follow the law and abide by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-judge-grants-gop-lawmaker-standing-to-sue-biden-administration-over-unrwa-funding-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Texas judge grants GOP lawmaker standing to sue Biden administration over UNRWA funding - Washington Examiner\">federal government&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s commitments.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James, who took Trump to court in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3243951\/trump-seeks-dismissal-new-york-fraud-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"fraud case\">fraud case<\/a> before his return to the White House, said during the briefing that she is willing to work with the Trump administration but warned that &ldquo;when it comes to a clear violation of the law, we will not be silent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TocRadio\/status\/1884326846675968100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"clarified\">clarified<\/a> in a subsequent memo on Tuesday that various programs, including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, Pell grants, Head Start, and retail assistance, would not be paused.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1958495\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1958495\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic AGs, led by Letitia James, sue to block Trump\u2019s funding freeze<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2396221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/letitia-james-dem-ags-sue-trump.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49371,4585,32603,49372,32076],"class_list":["post-2396220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democratic-ags","tag-lawsuit","tag-political-news","tag-trump-funding-freeze","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/letitia-james-dem-ags-sue-trump.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2396220"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396224,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396220\/revisions\/2396224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2396221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2396220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2396220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2396220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}