October 24, 2018
A Washington federal judge on Wednesday ruled that in light of a Ninth Circuit decision holding that President Donald Trump exceeded his constitutional authority by issuing an executive order that cut off certain grants from sanctuary cities, the administration can't withhold that funding from Seattle and Portland.
October 20, 2017
President Donald Trump lost his bid to escape Seattle and Portland's lawsuit over his executive order limiting federal funds to so-called sanctuary cities, after a Washington federal court ruled Thursday that the order's future consequences have already affected both cities.
March 29, 2017
The city of Seattle is the latest municipality to take aim at President Donald Trump's executive order limiting federal funds to so-called sanctuary cities, filing a lawsuit in Washington federal court Tuesday alleging the order violates the Tenth Amendment and puts as much as $155 million of the city's federal funding at stake.