A federal judge has blocked multiple Trump administration efforts to cut or suspend funding for key social and scientific programs. In Boston, a judge halted the administration's proposed reductions to National Science Foundation research funding, ruling that the cuts were arbitrary and unlawful. Similarly, a New York federal judge issued a nationwide injunction preventing the Department of Labor from suspending most of the Job Corps program, a residential job training initiative for low-income youth, emphasizing that Congress funded the program and the Department of Labor cannot unilaterally terminate it. Following this ruling, the Department of Health and Human Services reinstated approximately 900 NIH grants that had been canceled under the administration's policies, with a disproportionate number of these grants benefiting researchers in Democratic congressional districts. Additionally, a New York district court judge blocked the Trump administration's attempt to prematurely end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for around 500,000 Haitian nationals. The administration’s plan to defund Planned Parenthood by cutting Medicaid funding was also temporarily halted by a federal judge in Massachusetts, who granted a restraining order against the provision in the administration’s tax and spending bill. In July, Harvard University challenged the administration’s cancellation of $2.5 billion in federal research funding, arguing the cuts jeopardize critical research projects, while a federal judge questioned the legality of freezing over $2 billion in federal research funds for Harvard. Later, the Office of Management and Budget briefly blocked the National Institutes of Health from awarding new research grants, potentially affecting about $15 billion in funding, but the decision was reversed within hours and the grants were reinstated. These judicial interventions collectively represent ongoing legal challenges to the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce federal funding for scientific research, social programs, and immigrant protections.