Five U.S. states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration.
Five American states led by Democrats have filed a lawsuit against the administration of U.S. leader Donald Trump. This came in response to the decision to freeze access to more than $10 billion in federal funds for child care and family assistance. This was reported by Reuters.
Specifically, the states involved are California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Manhattan after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced restrictions on access to the funds pending further review. The five states had their access to $869 million in social services grants frozen.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
According to the publication, the allocated funds include $7.3 billion from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Additionally, it also concerns nearly $2.4 billion from the Child Care and Development Fund.
Officials explained that the restrictions were implemented due to widespread fraud and misuse of taxpayer funds in the welfare programs of these states. Authorities pointed out that there are individuals illegally receiving benefits, some of whom are not even U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
On January 8, it became known that more than 1,000 companies have sued Donald Trump over import tariffs. The firms hope to recover a share of the tariffs paid, totaling billions of dollars.
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