A Washington federal appeals court appeared skeptical that a court order blocking the Trump administration from freezing trillions of dollars in grant funds was still needed, after a Justice Department lawyer said the government would have “no conceivable reason” to do it again.
The three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit heard arguments on Friday in a challenge by nonprofit organizations to the administration’s pause last year on financial assistance programs. The move that prompted widespread confusion across agencies.
A lower court judge blocked the funding freeze in February 2025, pointing to the “nationwide ...