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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Constitutional crisis? RI judge says Trump isn’t following court order

    A federal judge in Rhode Island says the Trump administration didn’t comply with a court order to unfreeze federal funds. Yesterday Vice President J.D. Vance said , “Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power.”

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 10, 2025 • 1 min read

    A federal judge in Rhode Island says the Trump administration didn’t comply with a court order to unfreeze federal funds. Yesterday Vice President J.D. Vance said, “Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power.”

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Oscar-nominated ‘I Am Ready, Warden,’ music compilations for fire survivors
    1. 0:00Constitutional crisis? RI judge says Trump isn’t following court orderYou’re reading this
    2. 13:39Russell Vought: The man Trump picked to remake government agencies
    3. 25:21‘I Am Ready, Warden’: Does the death penalty truly bring closure?
    4. 40:52Music compilations aim to help survivors of LA fires
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