Trump FUNDING CUTS BLOCKED in Court as Admin BEGS for WAR FUNDING
April 4, 2026
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as posted by the channelAttorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian break down the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that blocked the Trump administration's sweeping freeze on trillions of dollars in congressionally approved federal funding. A coalition of 23 states plus D.C. challenged the freeze, which was orchestrated by OMB Director Russell Vought — a Heritage Foundation architect of Project 2025 — and targeted everything from child healthcare and school lunch programs to FEMA disaster relief and unemployment benefits. The court found the freeze was arbitrary and capricious, noting that agencies were ordered to halt payments categorically and immediately without considering the impact on states and organizations already depending on that money. Brian and Shant walk through the Administrative Procedure Act, why the "temporary pause" language was just lipstick on a pig, how FEMA's so-called "manual review process" was really just a funding freeze by another name, and the irony of an administration obsessed with cutting government spending while seeking $200 billion to fund a war in Iran. This wasn't a trial court — it was a federal appeals court, and the ruling has binding effect.
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