Donald Trump suffers double legal blow within hours [View all]

President Donald Trump has faced two legal setbacks in one day following rulings by two judges over separate issues of election funding and childcare services.

On Friday, a U.S. district judge blocked the Trump administration from threatening to withhold federal election funding for states. In a separate ruling, a federal judge in New York temporarily stopped the Trump administration from freezing $10 billion in federal funding for social services for five Democratic-led states.

Why It Matters

Friday’s rulings deliver a double legal blow for the Trump administration. One judge said Trump’s threat to pull Election Assistance Commission funds was an attempt to put unconstitutional pressure on states.

The other ruling has a link to protests against the Trump’s administration as it pauses a move to freeze social services funding it said was spurred by fraud within Minnesota’s state social safety net programs.

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