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Today — 30 May 2026Main stream

Federal Judge Bars Trump From Immediately Setting Up $1.8 Billion Fund

29 May 2026 at 23:48
A judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring money in or out of the fund until the court could hear arguments in June.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

The order came from the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in Alexandria, in a case brought by a group of people who say they have faced partisan attacks by the Trump administration but expect to be excluded from accessing the fund.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Judge Declines, for Now, to Block Mail-In Voting Changes Ordered by Trump

The ruling allowed the Trump administration to continue to pursue changes that include enlisting the Postal Service in checking voters against a national database.

© Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times

A voter casting a mail-in ballot in June.
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