A judge has blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and orders that it keep getting Medicaid funds.

A federal judge ruled today that Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the nation’s largest abortion provider fights Trump’s administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation.

Planned Parenthood had sued the Trump administration earlier this month over the provision in Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill that would strip funding from health centers operated by the reproductive healthcare and abortion provider.

“The true design of the Defund Provision is simply to express disapproval of, attack, and punish Planned Parenthood, which plays a particularly prominent role in the public debate over abortion,” Planned Parenthood said in its lawsuit.

JD Vance is in his home state today to continue promoting the GOP’s sweeping tax-and-border bill. He’s in Canton, Ohio, to talk about the bill’s “benefits for hardworking American families and businesses,” according to his office. The visit marks Vance’s second trip this month to sell Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill as he becomes its chief promoter on the road.

In West Pittston, Pennsylvania this month, Vance told attendees at an industrial machine shop that they should be able to keep more of their pay in their pockets. The White House sees the new law as a clear political boon, sending Vance to promote...

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