Overview
- A federal court halted the administration’s plan to cut billions in clean‑energy funding for states that did not support the president, ruling the move unlawful.
- In a separate decision, Judge Royce Lamberth allowed a $6.2 billion Rhode Island–Connecticut offshore wind project to proceed, calling the suspension capricious.
- Other recent rulings reinstated an American Academy of Pediatrics grant deemed canceled in retaliation, blocked cuts to federal election funds, and stopped a freeze on child care and social‑service dollars.
- Bipartisan resistance grew on Capitol Hill as five Republican senators helped advance a War Powers measure on Venezuela and 17 House Republicans joined Democrats on an Affordable Care Act vote.
- Public pushback intensified with reports of widespread, largely spontaneous protests nationwide and new legal challenges from states and cities, including Sen. Mark Kelly’s lawsuit over efforts to reduce his rank and dock retirement pay.