Judge blocks OMB from retroactively cutting grants to states

A federal judge in Boston on Friday blocked the Office of Management and Budget from using an obscure grant termination clause to revoke billions of dollars in federal funding based on shifting agency priorities.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, denied the Trump administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 20 states, three governors, and the District of Columbia challenging the policy.