Courts Are Stopping Trump's Cuts to Funding - Bloomberg Law

[SouthBayDem]

Feb 12, 2026 Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg legal reporter Zoe Tillman discusses how courts have stopped President Trump’s cuts to funding in more than half of the spending fights last year. Then an expert in tort law, Michael Green, a professor at Washington University School of Law, discusses the implications of the $8.5 million verdict against Uber in a case alleging sexual assault by a driver. June Grasso hosts.

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. I'm still confused.

Congress passed the funds to build and to finish The Gateway Project. Biden signed the Spending Bill.

Trump removed access to those funds a few months. Last week, the money well dried up. Gateway, NYS, and NJ all sued Trump to get the money. Back and forth it went. Stay. Block on stay. Overturned. Money available.

How does this work? Can Gateway go the Bank and start drawing cash -- or have the accounts been frozen until this matters is decided by SCOTUS?