Trump admin seeking to pull funding from local governments slapped with judge's preliminary injunction

A federal judge granted Denver and other local governments a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration's threats to withhold transportation funding.

The judge ruled that the Trump administration likely violated the Separation of Powers doctrine, and that its threats to cut funding constitute harm.

"It is this looming risk itself that is the injury, and one that Plaintiffs are already suffering," the order stated. "Courts evaluating similar circumstances have recognized that this injury of acute budgetary uncertainty is irreparable."