Shapiro; Billions In Federal Aid Unfrozen

February 25, 2025 4:41 am

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says President Donald Trump’s administration has freed up billions in federal aid that the Democrat had accused it of withholding unconstitutionally. Shapiro said in a news conference Monday that more than $2 billion that his administration had identified as either frozen or held up by an unspecified review was now accessible to state agencies. Shapiro sued in federal court on Feb. 13. That was after federal courts had repeatedly rejected the Trump administration’s sweeping pause on federal funding. Trump administration lawyers have argued that the government’s move to freeze funds was legal and characterized it as a “pause” to consider how best to use federal funds.