Judge Agrees to Maintain Green Bank Grants as Case Proceeds (1)

A federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration’s effort to claw back $20 billion in green grants.

The ruling is another blow to the White House, which has been trying to reclaim the money as part of its broader campaign to unwind Biden-era policies that don’t line up with its own philosophy. The Trump administration filed an appeal on Wednesday.

Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the US District Court for the District of Columbia also denied the Trump administration’s request to stay the proceedings pending appeal, holding the motion was filed prematurely. She said an ...