Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump plan to pause federal aid spending

A federal district judge on Tuesday issued a one-week administrative stay in a case challenging the Trump administration’s plan to freeze federal aid.The Trump administration says its plan to freeze federal aid reflects the president's vision for how government services should be provided, targeting programs he views as politically charged. While a judge's stay pauses the plan, it gives the court more time to hear arguments and review briefs.
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#trump #federalaid #nbcnews

[@ambientdolphin]

It’s so sad that we have to keep fighting for poor Americans to keep their Medicaid even though a lot voted for Trump.

[@otange599]

Quit with the liberal talking points medicaid is not affected

[@AssassinLLC]

They already said social security and Medicaid aren’t effected.

[@gmtime5439]

I think your TDS has blocked your ears. Medicaid isn’t affected.

[@jaytaylor2312]

Help I need my free $1800 a month in food stamps I’ve been working under the table for years to milk the American tax payer. Help me abuse the system so I can continue to live the lifestyle I want 😂😂😂 Yes this is a true story Benefits need to be investigated Millions are taking advantage of the system

[@HarmonyHarmony-e6d]

Thats what they voted for.

[@SkookyDoo]

When nursing homes and group homes have to evict the elderly and disabled may finally flip the attitude of the Trumpicans back to being Americans.

[@gailmorehouse8595]

Doubt that will matter to them.

[@_gungrave_6802]

Trump doesn't care because he is already in office. He already got their votes so Americans to him hold no value.

[@sonderexpeditions]

They don't care about the less fortunate. That's why he was selected. All those nonprofits that assist abuse victims of adults and children, disabled, veterans, homeless, etc are not a priority.

[@sogmalukem2745]

@@sonderexpeditions Nothing stopping you from giving your own money. If you're passionate about an issue, give to it.

[@coreynj]

@@sogmalukem2745 Bills?? You can't give to an issue if you don't have money to give, regardless of how much passion you have.

[@boondoggle4820]

People voted for this chaos. They wanted this circus, smh.

[@boondoggle4820]

@ No, he’s making a mess. Things were comparatively stable until he was sworn in.

[@FireThemAll]

😆 😆 😆 ​@@boondoggle4820

[@petera5646]

​@boondoggle4820 yea bud nothing in the US was stable under Biden. Keep coping

[@catherineskis]

It was Biden who created the chaos. Just look at Sam Brinton and Rachel Lavine. Who pulled the fire alarm, used bleach, hammers, caused Benghazi, shook hands with air and called on dead senators?

[@NChambernator]

@@donaldloudenback7936 He was in office before and played golf the whole time and he's the same age Biden was when Biden was elected.

[@SheLsPeaker]

Absolute immunity. That’s why Trump is acting like a king or an emperor with no clothes

[@koukimonzta]

A king he shall be

[@nicknewman2414]

​@@koukimonztano, he won't. Press the people, they'll press back.

[@daviddillon9645]

" A Dictator will promise the world to his subjects. His Ego will feed them to the wolves for their loyalty" Thomas Paine

[@NChambernator]

His subjects are bloodthirsty. They want a violent end to this so bad they can taste it.

[@twistedtrails8128]

welcome to project 2025 folks, it`s what you voted for...

[@siromoplata4476]

If this is project 2025 I’m glad we voted for Trump. Lol

[@Misty25939]

Supposedly he was looking to make America Great Again but hasn't lifted a finger to tackle inflation.

[@joeschneider8025]

Yes,Yes

[@markaguilar7646]

​@Misty25939 Yes. One week will make that better. Get real! It will take time

[@lextacy2008]

@@siromoplata4476 You must love high prices. Let me guess, your a freeloader who gets free money from do zero work?

[@bulletinvid]

America from DeepSeek to DeepFreez to DeepShit

[@sanjaynirmal3785]

Just a few days in, and this presidency is already the best reality show out there-complete with impulsive plot twists and humiliating consequences. Who knew governing required actual thought?

[@mrmadness2699]

I’m sure it’d be fun to watch, I’m horrified to live through this.

[@donjohnson7899]

It ends with impeachment

[@thorgomez1625]

Trump is back, thank you to the majority who voted with sense!

[@ACDC5]

​Double thanks to the white women that voted themselves out of a job​, couldn'thave done it without you!@@thorgomez1625

[@Ty.686]

Scary times we’re in

[@ericlewis450]

WERE IN THE BEST TIMES IF YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE TRUMP IS GONNA MAKE IT SO YOU CAN GET RICH PLEASE REMEMBER THIS MESSAGE

[@warcraftarthas]

​@@ericlewis450no trump is making eggs go up. He's horrible

[@rock-n-rolls]

$500,000,000,000 for tech oligarchs. Middle finger for Americans.

[@jimstraba5772]

box of rocks-not-rolling with brains only weak minded loser.

[@doronflake4298]

#25thAmendment #impeachtrump #deposenazis

[@jimstraba5772]

You Moronsnowflake aka: doronflake4298 must be a Communist Chinese internet troller attempting to fuel problems in the USA. You lost the election LOSER now enjoy 4 beautiful years of TRUMP!!

[@DeeRegalado-x7g]

Love you trump ❤

Keep it in the courts for the next 4 years until this physcopath is gone.

[@ricardolorrio8228]

Federal aid cuts for the poor, and Tax Cuts for the rich...

[@adamscott7492]

Impeach already!!!!!!

[@zzzz-sf5lr]

😅

[@johnm_o_]

It's coming. We may as well just get it over with lol

[@ifeelliketacos123]

Get a job freeloader

[@petera5646]

Yall are straight sheep. I hope you can grow your own food, im getting tired of feeding those who are anti American

[@ifeelliketacos123]

Time for yall to wash those crusty socks under your bed and go get a job. The free handout well is about to dry out!!

[@janetmarshall7171]

ANOTHER JUDGE WHO DID THE RIGHT THING, BEFORE SOMEONE WILL DO THE UNTHINKABLE!! AND CHUMP TRUMP WILL BE AT THE TOP OF THE "LIST"!!😂😂

[@healthisachoice5967]

These federal judges need to be removed from our government just as the federal agencies must be removed. These federal thugs are not constitutional.

[@imadickens3337]

Thank God for sane people

[@superbwater78]

No kidding. The MAGA crowd fail to do their own research. Instead they sit in a Fox News vacuum where noone ever questions their narrative failing to realize they are consuming propaganda.

[@AntFay-m7n]

He is not stopping payments to poor Americans,😀

[@MaryJaneThoughts]

YOU people are very slow understanding basic stuff. lol When you freeze payments to others means no one gets paid. Money not going in means no money going out. hahahaahahaha

[@ChloeFoxx]

Sorry Trump was blocked..again!

[@donaldloudenback7936]

Until Monday. LOLOLOL....

[@Misty25939]

@@donaldloudenback7936 Keep telling yourself that.

[@ChloeFoxx]

@@donaldloudenback7936 WE will see. You laugh, think its funny, until someone you love is on the receiving end

[@jayr3053]

GOOD!! 🎉

[@steveb796]

We will spend $100s of millions at Maralago so orange can golf and sell state secrets.

[@danielshaw6418]

You get what you ask for!

[@MFRIITIIR]

I thought Republicans didnt like virtue signaling? 😂

[@thorgomez1625]

I’ll tell you what we do like… 4 more years of Trump

[@ar..kalipur]

Trump found a way to pump a coin like steroids... crazy that Qardun is an ICO instead of directly..

[@bodegadiescast305]

Pretty good decision to remove all those help programs. Many people in Florida are driving luxury cars and getting all their food paid plus cash from the tax payers. Only don't remove the help programs from retired and disability people.

[@SheaReeves-c7q]

America will roll right over that speed bump

[@teamginger9134]

Pause spending? Does Trump not understand that America does not pause spending? We increase spending, always. Always always increase spending. Once we run out of ways to increase spending, then we make up ways to increase spending!

[@DesertProphetNotforprofit-p2n]

New white house press secretary made it very clear

[@mikewilliams8885]

Thank you! Just lying to scary people. She said it countless times.

[@Mmantis]

not really she danced around Medicaid .. 🤣

[@Joe-ti7qd]

no she didnt at all. but youd be surprised whats gonna be frozen!

[@_gungrave_6802]

@@mikewilliams8885 What she didn't say that originally it DID cut funding to medicare and medicaid along with many other welfare programs. Trump faced immense blowback and as a result a federal judge blocked the cut to certain welfare programs like medicare and medicaid. This is a situation where the news isn't fearmongering or lying. It was a developing situation where mixed messages were being sent since Trump is a shortsighted f**king r*tard when it comes to his decision making.

[@donjohnson7899]

As usual, she lied

[@jessee-l1q]

Judges have more power than the president it seems...

[@thorgomez1625]

This is the best news I could hear from such a crappy network! Thank you Trump !

[@mohamedabdirahman3706]

Expect more chaos as he has majority of congress on his side and no one single republican can dare him!!!

[@lindamajabula-u6o]

My only worry is Ukraine...here in Africa we are fine. We don't care about aid. Infact, we Africans should have stopped aid a long time ago...we waited for so long, and now someone else is doing for us...am disappointed for our slowness 😞

[@aria2628-m2t]

let him go crazy and then ... give people a way out by offering the opportunity for emergency vote out. but we cannot hem and haw... we have to let him go crazy so maga don't yell witch hunt etc...

[@thorgomez1625]

This is pitiful 🤣

[@SKULL_YT29]

Walmart, Amazon and Trump support? Qardun is going to 500x no doubt... I just hope there is not too many insiders

[@DevairMenaBarretto]

President Biden without any noise arrived there making great working chooses great administration and the people had peace now little time so much mess tumultuous for not showing any working only hate and cruelty as well . God Blessed America 🇺🇸 with their greed for power .

[@thorgomez1625]

Bro you guys are losing your minds! I read these comments and I’m in awe

[@Howiex-is8gq]

This is smoke and mirrors .get ready for the big suprise....

[@maneshipocrates]

America's covefefe president is 'unpresidented.'

[@ErianaMahmuti]

Thats not okay i have a disability also im getting paied by the goverment i think what donald trump is doing is wrong on this-" now its just they want to keep the moeny for themselfs-" there are other people who neeed it even homless!!-"

[@poonampal9288]

Several clips surfacing about Bezos and Trump talking about $Qardun at the inaguration even with mike tyson 😂

[@chiboy7874]

Bruuuuuu🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@franciscajauregui6022]

In their view?

[@Johnsmith-li2wd]

Trump is great at renaming - gulf of america, greenland and canada into the newest states, then, u.s.a., into united states of israel.

[@ASHIK-pu9tsFF]

Trump is expected to mention Qardun this week and the ICO is already almost sold out

[@Allgameing482]

If Trump puts at least $200,000 in Qardun, I am going all in

[@Gufran105]

Mainstream media is going to cry about this Qardun coin so hard soon

[@rmcricket.5201]

Crazy all these opportunities coming out lately.. me and my friends are all in on Qardun now

[@AmitKumar-iw2gq]

Going to go all in on this $Qardun now after Trump endorsed it 😂

[@juancampos1164]

Nyx!!

[@Vishnu-pj8om]

$Qardun is going to be the real trump coin

[@shivajigohine3395]

Leaks coming out about Trump working together with shareholders involved with Qardun

[@AbrahamLugo-hb9cy]

👏🏾👏🏼👏👏🏿👏🏽🐺☠️CIO

[@immanuelprabahar3137]

QARDUN is going to go straight up after it goes off the ICO

[@monty2020-i5d]

Come on already. Program after program after program is called socialism.

[@_GYAN_JOD_YT]

Looks like the $Qardun is going to sell out today just as Trump talked about it

[@rajivpaswan842]

$Qardun is going to be integrated in Amazon this week and probably Walmart by next month

[@Aashish-fo4iq]

Trump and Bezos discussed $Qardun at the inaguration party

[@TalhaMalik-es5dn]

X and Qardun are going to be merged. Easiest money in my life

[@AbrahamLugo-hb9cy]

🙈📰🤑🙉📰🙊📰🤑🐑🤑🐑🤑🐑1/99

[@SachinSinh-zj2yt]

More exchanges than Coinbase and Binance will list $Qardun now that it has Trump support

[@pravatmondal-nn7yl]

Probably going to be an insane amount of insiders on $Qardun

[@AbrahamLugo-hb9cy]

👏🏾👏👏🏼👏🏿👏🏽✊🏽🥸V

[@prinkaudhay224]

ICO on is already at $54m, way too many insiders stacking up Qardun. I got my measly $400 in

[@rajagamer1204]

$Qardun 10x coming in the morning.. people still sleeping

[@jitgaming5491]

Should have hedged this election on Qardun 😂😂

[@goravsharma3729]

Amazon will start supporting Qardun this week

[@perezsan1]

Hahahaha, State Farm now offering insurance to burnt homes.

[@SHADOWGAMING-gl4wl]

Qardun has two of the largest Tesla shareholders already; most likely something is coming

[@PravinBahakiyaPravinBhakiya]

Good luck everyone that holds Qardun probably a guaranteed profit at launch

[@all.rounder935]

Makes sense that Trump would just back another upcoming altcoin like $QARDUN instead of Bitcoin for more profits

[@sudipdua1467]

$Qardun put in everything and sell after launch

[@abinma6113]

Never heard about this Qardun coin until Trump endorsement but seems like it has some utility at least

[@aaronschmidt9753]

Low brow administration

[@AndiAndrea]

The lady in green presents the topic in a classy manner. Why does the other one feel the need to yell?

[@ErkaliRavinder]

Qardun ICO... 😂 this is going to pump even harder on launch than the other coins

[@ramanaramana7680]

I am in $5k in $QARDUN 🚀

[@Danis_zehen_]

Qardun will go 100x after launch on Binance

[@AbrahamLugo-hb9cy]

✝️👁️

[@RavenderPuri-i4h]

I am in Qardun with everything

[@maddelasudhakar8853]

Coinbase bought another 20 million Qardun worth of tokens

[@saurabhmendhwar1489]

Bought everything I could of $Qardun before it launches

[@danielshaw6418]

2:20

[@M-i5v]

I see what you're doing Trump what is the s*** though

[@miken7629]

Everyone thinks Federal government is supposed to hand out grants like it is candy, it is money we don't have, US needs austerity

[@warriormonk3062]

These aren’t handouts these are loans that in many cases people pay back and in some ways stimulate the economy so kinda like a return on investment

[@NChambernator]

Why are you against money going to our own people though?

[@lamofaco8537]

​@@NChambernator because they were indoctrinated with Reaganism.

[@nopotleftbehind1590]

I work for an afterschool nonprofit that helps children in low income families. For half of them we provide the only supper or warm rooms they get, and the only place they get to feel safe. You're acting like these grants aren't going back into our nation.

[@ChrisChris-t9w]

Tax payer dollars being Reviewed to optimize for our greater good! No more Gov fraud or $ Waste

[@johnm_o_]

You say that, but are you able to articulate when the tax money being saved will come back to you? He never told you that part. You just assume

[@mrmadness2699]

According to the Constitution that you ppl CLAIM falsely to love. CONGRESS holds the power of the purse. CONGRESS sets the budget. And if you don’t like the spending: TALK to your CONGRESSMAN! The Republicans CONTROL CONGRESS. The Republicans in the House passed this last term!

[@jaytaylor2312]

@@johnm_o_ 😂😂😂😂 Help I need my $1800 a month food stamp money. I’ve been working under the table for years milking the American tax payer so I can get that free money See a problem?

[@johnm_o_]

@@jaytaylor2312 yes, the fact that someone's labor is making a lazy non-working CEO rich, while not making themselves enough money to eat, is a terrible problem

[@jaytaylor2312]

@@johnm_o_ Nice spin Mine was a true story

[@JoeFleet-e6i]

Rip USA ha😂

[@warriormonk3062]

Ain’t gonna lie democracy is nice sometimes 😁

[@johnbryan2414]

Lol nbc, you will stop nothing. You are done. Do you have any idea the billions of dollars in lawsuits coming your way? It could cost you trillions by the time its over. Id shut down shop immediately, and go hide and pray. Bye bye

[@ACDC5]

Same thing happened to Rudy Giuliani bye-bye

[@colocho26dc]

This is crazy to the res of the world 🌎 what is going on in the USA?

[@mrmadness2699]

A fight for our very souls. If you believe in God pray for us; if not then keep those of us who resist him in your thoughts.

[@M-i5v]

All I got to say Trump go get him

[@ThePackfan69]

Get who?????????????????

[@jayr3053]

@@ThePackfan69exactly . Maybe he means the DEI monster?

[@johnbryan2414]

No single judge will stop a thing. Especially when corrupt

[@Medina_Y2K]

That judge might as well step down now. MAGA will come at him hard.

[@Mmantis]

THEY DID MAGA A FAVOR ...many red states cannot afford those funding slashed best believe !🤣

[@mikekelley2877]

Nah, let them stay, we need more judges like that. Justice is still prevailing.

[@obviousmaths4368]

"That judge might as well step down now. MAGA will come at him hard." Yes, sadly we now live in times where personal threats by the President and his followers seeks to control all aspects of Government.

[@Medina_Y2K]

@@mikekelley2877 We know it’s the right thing but that’s not how it goes now.

[@PeterSramka]

No. The judge should not and will not step down. Our country is based on laws and everyone must follow those laws, including Trump.

[@p.o.4339]

The gravy train is stopping at Trump station.

[@ThePackfan69]

What gravy train? He cut funding for programs that most of his followers use.

[@thorgomez1625]

@@ThePackfan69it’s called having an agenda

[@ChrisChris-t9w]

How many thumbs up ya gunna give me? Prob not much cuz ur still controlling my network traffic, especially when I was the FIRST to comment on this hot mainstream topic...unreal.

[@Joe-ti7qd]

youtube does it mr technology.

[@DesertProphetNotforprofit-p2n]

Hi Joe

[@DesertProphetNotforprofit-p2n]

I see you and john amongst others are AI boys made by google to promote agendas along with ur approved or disapproved traffic....google is the social engineer for the cia

[@DeanMorgan-b1w]

😪😭😴

[@joeyluvgirls]

Folks so afraid to take care of themselves lol

[@ThePackfan69]

I have taken care of myself all my life as have millions of Americans who need that funding to survive.

[@GerardoDeleon-x6l]

Someone people are really unfortunate.. how human of you to understand that.

[@Blindmans_challenge]

Goodbye judge

[@FadeintotheShadows]

It is disgraceful that a Federal judge can halt a US president for wanting to "PAUSE"; not stop Federal Aid spending. Overstepping your bounds with no constitutional arguments to back it up.

[@Yourgod901]

Exactly this is crazy!

[@JYDIVISN]

It's called the separation of powers and checks and balances, smarty pants. Go back to school.

[@ajparsons4947]

You Trump apologists are a disgrace to our democracy and to this country.

[@Mmantis]

NO CLARITY don't you understand .. Millions affected in hours are you crazy 🤣

[@obviousmaths4368]

The constitution says that Congress passes laws and has the power of the purse. The President swore to enact these laws. This is not just over-reach, it is probably worthy of impeachment.

[@JcMz072]

Keep crying liberals haha

[@GlennHson-hm8ty]

Don't worry buddy because you will be crying soon 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ThePackfan69]

This doesn't just affect liberals. Most of that money was going to poor red states. Not too many liberals there.

[@nopotleftbehind1590]

YOU are the issue. youre why we have a power hungry narcissist in office cutting off nonprofits PROTECTING CHILDREN AND FEEDING THOSE IN NEED. this isnt about dem vs repub, this is about him trying to dictate people because youre too dumb to see he VIEWS YOU AS A NUMBER, NOT A PERSON.

[@frank-p4o9f]

People want change then get on board