{"id":16775,"date":"2026-07-21T14:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16775"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:51:17","slug":"trump-administration-sued-by-rights-groups-over-attempted-childcare-funding-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16775","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration sued by rights groups over attempted childcare funding cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Civil rights groups said they filed a lawsuit, opens new tab against \u200bPresident Donald Trump&#8217;s administration on Monday over the government&#8217;s attempt to restrict federal childcare and \u200cfamily assistance funding.<br>The American Civil Liberties Union, the National Women&#8217;s Law Center and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice said in the lawsuit against the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that they sought \u200bcorrespondence between federal officials and pro-Trump right-wing online influencer Nick Shirley.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260721144928-1024x684.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260721144928-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260721144928-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260721144928-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260721144928-1536x1026.png 1536w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260721144928.png 1583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br>A viral video by Shirley \u200bin late 2025 was publicly amplified and credited by senior administration officials as \u2060the basis for the attempted funding restrictions.<br>The video alleged some childcare centers in Minnesota were fraudulent. \u200bNews reports subsequently said the claims were misleading and exaggerated, opens new tab.<br>Earlier this month, HHS rescinded the $10 billion freeze \u200bon child care subsidies and social services funding for five states governed by Democrats \u2013 California, Illinois, Colorado, New York and Minnesota \u2013 after legal obstacles got in the way of the freeze attempts.<br>A federal judge blocked the government from \u200bfreezing the funds earlier this year for the duration of a lawsuit against the freeze brought \u200bby the states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260721144920-1024x666.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260721144920-1024x666.png 1024w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260721144920-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260721144920-768x500.png 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260721144920-1536x1000.png 1536w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260721144920.png 1601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br>HHS did not respond to a request for comment on Monday.<br>Trump, who earlier this year ordered \u200can \u2060aggressive immigration crackdown in Minnesota, has alleged that Somali communities in the state have engaged in fraud.<br>Rights groups say the crackdown has created a fearful environment and that Trump has used isolated fraud cases as an excuse to target immigrants. They also dismiss Trump&#8217;s ability to tackle fraud, citing pardons from \u200bhim to those who have \u200bfaced fraud convictions in the \u2060past.<br>Trump has attempted to freeze funding for universities and states over a range of issues.<br>These include fraud claims, climate initiatives, diversity programs, transgender policies and pro-Palestinian protests \u200bagainst U.S. ally Israel&#8217;s assault on Gaza.<br>Rights advocates say the measures violate free \u200bspeech and \u2060due process.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Activists from U.S. minorities have also alleged in other cases that the Trump administration has targeted them by collaborating with online right-wing entities.<br>Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, whom the Trump administration is attempting \u2060to deport \u200band who spent months in immigration detention last year, \u200bfiled two lawsuits against the government in the past week, saying in one of them that federal officials collaborated with \u200bright-wing and anti-Palestinian groups to target pro-Palestinian activists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civil rights groups said they filed a lawsuit, opens new tab against \u200bPresident Donald Trump&#8217;s administration on Monday over the government&#8217;s attempt to restrict federal childcare and \u200cfamily assistance funding.The American Civil Liberties Union, the National Women&#8217;s Law Center and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice said in the lawsuit against the federal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3870,2234,1724],"class_list":["post-16775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-fraud","tag-funding","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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