A federal court in Washington has temporarily protected hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for Denver and other local governments from a possible federal clawback.

In a preliminary injunction, the court ruled the threats to pull funding have already caused harm and are a sign that the Trump administration is exceeding his authority over congressionally approved funding.

“It is this looming risk itself that is the injury, and one that Plaintiffs are already suffering,” the court wrote. “Courts evaluating similar circumstances have recognized that this injury of acute budgetary uncertainty is irreparable.”

The injunction temporarily protects the funding until the case can be fully heard in court.

In April, the Department of Transportation threatened to take back the money

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