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What recent legal decisions impact infrastructure funding?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman. A federal judge in New York has ordered the Trump administration to release funds for one of the nation's largest infrastructure projects. Reporter Steve Kastenbaum says hours earlier money ran out. and work on the Gateway Tunnel project in the Amtrak Northeast Corridor came to a stop.
Judge Jeanette Vargas sided with a lawyer for the state of New Jersey who argued they'd suffer irreparable harm if left with a giant abandoned hole in the ground. Earlier in the day, Senator Cory Booker claimed that the president didn't have the authority to halt funding.
This is a bipartisan project in which Congress moved the funding for this project.
New Jersey Governor Mikey Sherrill accused President Trump of continually moving the goalposts.
I've heard it's because he wants Dulles Airport named after him. I've heard it's because he wants Penn Station named after him.
White House officials said the funding was stopped to ensure that the money was not used for DEI principles. For NPR News, I'm Steve Kastenbaum in New York.
The Justice Department has announced charges against the main suspect in the 2011 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports the suspect is now in U.S. custody.
Attorney General Pam Bondi identified the defendant as Zubair al-Bakoush. She described him as a key participant in the 2012 attack on the U.S. special mission and CIA annex in Benghazi.
Al-Bakush will now face American justice on American soil. We will prosecute this alleged terrorist to the fullest extent of the law.
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