Court blocks Trump bid to withhold some counterterrorism funds for states that don’t adopt election reforms

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A federal court blocked the Trump administration from withholding counterterrorism grants from states that do not adopt its preferred election reforms. FEMA administers the funding, which had been tied to five election-policy requirements.

A federal court has blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to withhold some counterterrorism funding from states that do not adopt election reforms favored by the administration. Earlier this year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers the grants, said that states and localities will have to adopt five election policies — including the use…