Nonprofit Receives $97 Million in Frozen Grants After Suing (2)

The National Endowment for Democracy said the US government paid $97 million of the roughly $167 million in grant funding it asked a district court to unfreeze last week amid the Trump administration’s efforts to cut spending.

Judge Dabney L. Friedrich granted the group’s joint motion on Tuesday asking for its request for a temporary restraining order to be held in abeyance, given the change in circumstances, according to a docket entry. The group said in the motion that the US paid its approved obligated funding on Monday and the abeyance will allow time to determine whether it will receive ...