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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul won a court order barring the Trump administration from withholding federal emergency funding for Illinois because it is a “sanctuary state.”

A judge ruled Congress controls spending and federal agencies cannot block funding because a state’s laws differ from federal laws.

Raoul and other attorneys general also filed a motion to block a provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that prevents Medicaid funding from going to abortion providers.

The motion comes as Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin stopped scheduling abortions because of the law.

This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.

(Capitol News Illinois) – The Trump administration cannot withhold federal emergency funding from Illinois becaus

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