Democrat AGs sue Trump for 'unconscionable' freeze on $6.8B in K-12 spending

More than 20 Democratic attorneys general on Monday announced they are suing the Trump administration over its abrupt decision to withhold roughly $6.8 billion in spending for K-12 programs, describing the freeze as both unconstitutional and "debilitating" to states just weeks ahead of a new school year.The lawsuit, announced by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, comes just weeks after the Department of Education announced on June 30 that it would be pausing distribution of the federally approved grant money, which had been approved by Congress and was slated to be distributed just one day