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A federal choose handed Denver, Colo., a monetary win after ruling towards the Trump administration in a lawsuit over federal funding.
The administration had threatened to withhold $4 billion in federal transportation grants. Denver and different native governments argued that in its risk, the Trump administration issued “illegal and politically motivated funding situations.”
President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable dialogue with the Fraternal Order of Police on the White Home in Washington, D.C., June 5, 2025. (REUTERS/Kent Nishimura / Reuters)
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The necessities got here from a memo issued by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in April. Within the memo, Duffy knowledgeable recipients that they have been required to adjust to federal insurance policies on variety, fairness and inclusion (DEI) and cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“Towards this backdrop, [the] plaintiffs argue that in making an attempt to situation disbursement of funds partially on grounds not licensed by Congress, however quite on Govt Department coverage, Defendants are performing in violation of the Separation of Powers precept,” the order granting the preliminary injunction learn.
Snow coated RTD Union Station cease in Denver, Colorado on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Put up through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston celebrated the ruling and expressed gratitude for the court docket’s fast motion on the matter.
“Denver follows all legal guidelines – federal, state, and native – and it shouldn’t be a lot to ask the White Home to do the identical,” Johnston mentioned in a press release. “We recognize the court docket’s swift and exact ruling defending the federal funding that Denverites deserve.”
President Donald Trump delivers remarks throughout a gathering with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz within the Oval Workplace on the White Home on June 05, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
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This ruling represents one among President Donald Trump’s losses in court docket this week, together with an order requiring the administration to revive funding to AmeriCorps and rehire hundreds of workers. The choose in that case dominated that the administration’s actions violated federal regulation.