A federal judge on May 7 temporarily blocked the Trump administration from imposing new conditions on grants that fund transit services for the Seattle area and homelessness services for Boston, New York, San Francisco, and other local governments.
The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed on May 2 by eight cities and counties challenging the new conditions, which were issued in multiple White House executive orders.
The executive orders prohibit the funds from being used on any activities that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies or that go against the administration’s stance on immigration, health care, and gender ideology.
The cities and counties argue that the conditions are unconstitutional and unlawful, do not pertain to the purposes of the grant programs, and are aimed at coercing them into adhering to the administration’s policy agenda….