States sue Trump administration over withholding education funds

Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Trump administration’s decision to withhold about $6.8 billion in federal funding for K-12 schools in the reconciliation bill. 

Governors and attorneys from 24 states and Washington, D.C., sued in federal court in Providence, Rhode Island, arguing that the Department of Education and the Office of Management and Budget threw K-12 schools nationwide into a panic by unconstitutionally freezing funds.