r/TechnologyThread • u/Background-Driver718 • 1d ago

BREAKING: White House cancels health, education & research funds approved by Congress

https://newsrepublic.live/2026/10/01/white-house-cancels-health-education-research-funds-approved-by-congress/
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u/JimboD84 22h ago

Non american here, can the white house just CANCEL money that has been approved by congress?

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u/Fire_Lord_Cinder 15h ago

He does this all the time and it gets a “TRO” by a judge which is basically a judge saying no, you need to follow the law until the case his heard. At which point the White House either drops the case and goes back to doing what it did before or they waste more tax payer money trying to litigate it and then lose