Civil rights groups sue Trump administration over childcare funding restrictions

Civil rights groups including the ACLU and the National Women's Law Center have sued the Department of Health and Human Services, challenging the Trump administration's restrictions on federal childcare and family assistance funding. Per The Guardian, these restrictions were imposed following fraud claims against Somali childcare providers. The lawsuit centers on HHS's failure to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request—specifically, the civil rights groups are seeking correspondence between federal officials and a far-right social media influencer, saying those records are crucial to understanding how the policy came about.

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