Pennsylvania Sues Trump Admin for Blocking $1.2 Billion in Funding

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s funding freeze, accusing several federal agencies and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of unlawfully withholding more than $1.2 billion in federal funding owed to Pennsylvania agencies, with billions more at risk. The lawsuit, filed on Feb. 13 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleges that the agencies’ actions violate the U.S. Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act by exceeding their legal authority and failing to comply with multiple court orders directing them to restore access to the frozen funds. “Over the past two weeks, my team and I have engaged with our Congressional delegation to try to restore access to all the federal funding Pennsylvania has been promised under the law–but despite those efforts, state agencies remain unable to draw down these critical dollars,” Shapiro said in a statement....