A federal judge in Washington, D.C., barred the Trump administration from holding back certain counterterrorism grant funding from states that do not comply with select election security measures.

Biden-appointed Judge Amir Ali of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia wrote in his opinion that the Department of Homeland Security could not insist on certain election reform standards for a community to receive counterterrorism funding. The federal department had notified certain cities that they had to comply with five election security changes, or else 20% of the grant funding would be withheld.