A federal judge just dealt a major setback to Donald Trump’s latest policy win. On Monday, Judge Indira Talwani blocked a key part of what Trump has called his “big, beautiful bill,” halting cuts that would have stripped Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funding.
Planned Parenthood sued the Trump administration earlier that day, arguing the bill unfairly targeted their health centers by banning Medicaid reimbursements to nonprofits that provide abortions and receive over $800,000 in federal money. Judge Talwani agreed the group had a case—and issued a two-week restraining order stopping the cuts.
Talwani, an Obama appointee, will decide later whether to extend the block.
The bill, officially called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, was signed by Trump on Friday. It makes permanent Trump-era tax cuts that heavily favor the wealthy and ramps up spending on border enforcement. To pay for it, the bill slashes Medicaid and food aid programs.
Critics say it hits poor and working-class families the hardest—especially in red states.
“This bill will kill good, blue-collar manufacturing jobs that we need to rebuild the economy in this country. It closes rural hospitals. It defunds health care. All to give trillions of dollars in tax cuts to your cronies,” said Rep. Josh Riley (D-NY). “Don’t tell me you give a s*** about the middle class when all you are doing is s******* on the middle class.”
The bill squeaked through the House last week by a vote of 218-214. Every Democrat and two Republicans opposed it.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries didn’t hold back. In a fiery speech that lasted eight hours and 44 minutes, he said: “Republicans are trying to jam this one, big, ugly bill down the throats of the American people… Leadership requires courage, conviction, compassion—and yet what we have seen from this administration and co-conspirators on the Republican side of the aisle is cruelty, chaos and corruption.”
Jeffries called the legislation “an extraordinary assault on the health care of the American people.”
For now, Planned Parenthood’s funding is safe. But this legal fight is far from over.
