US Loses Bid to Pause Court Orders Blocking Media Grant Cuts

The Trump administration’s renewed bid to pause lower court orders requiring it to fund global media agencies was rejected by a split US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

The government “has not satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending appeal,” D.C. Circuit judges said.

A majority of judges eligible to vote granted reconsideration of the now-dissolved stays that enabled the US Agency for Global Media to withhold funds from Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks Inc., according to an order May 28. The appeals court previously granted the stays on lower court orders halting ...