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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from using an obscure clause to cut funding for various state programs. Separately, President Trump attended a FIFA reception in New York, where he praised the 2026 World Cup and highlighted the performance of Lionel Messi.
Why it matters
The ruling limits executive branch authority over federal grant distribution, while the FIFA event highlights the intersection of politics and major international sporting events.
A federal judge in Boston has ruled the Trump administration can’t use an obscure clause relating to agency priorities to make funding cuts.
Twenty-three states had accused the administration of using the clause to make billions of dollars in cuts to everything from crime prevention to food security to scientific research.
The judge granted a summary judgment preventing the administration from relying on the clause to make cuts.
The federal government called the litigation an “extraordinarily unusual lawsuit” and accused the states of “raising blanket, undifferentiated objections” to the termination of thousands of grants without seeking relief that would “restore a single grant.”
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