Cases of Note

U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must keep funds flowing to child care subsidies and other social service programs in five Democratic-controlled states — at least for now.  The judge granted the states' request for a preliminary injunction and a stay against the administration to bar it from withholding the money while a lawsuit works its way through the courts. The states affected include California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York who receive a total of more than $10 billion a year from the programs. Attorneys representing the federal government in the case did not immediately return emails seeking comment. A spokesperson for the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York declined to comment. Two temporary rulings had been issued in January, when the states sued, that blocked the federal government from holding back the funding, with the latest set to expire on Friday. The programs ...