A federal judge granted the city of Fresno’s request for a temporary restraining order, preserving hundreds of millions in grant money.

“The uncertainty injected into the process is significant, and they’ve shown a likelihood of success on the merits,” Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg of the Northern District of California said at the Tuesday afternoon hearing.

In a news release last week, Fresno said it receives about $12 million in housing grants, and nearly $250 million in transportation grants. The federal government threatened to revoke that money because the city would not comply with Trump’s executive orders against promoting gender ideology, DEI, immigration protections, and abortion.

The TRO applies to Trump’s executive orders setting conditions on already-approved gra

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