Trump Admin Abandons 2nd Circuit Appeal in $16B Gateway Tunnel Case
The Trump administration voluntarily dismissed its 2nd Circuit appeal of a ruling barring DOT from freezing $16 billion in Gateway tunnel funding. The joint stipulation with New York and New Jersey cements a lower-court win that framed the October 2025 OMB hold as an unlawful exercise of impoundment power. The case is a high-profile data point in the executive-versus-legislative spending-authority litigation reshaping administrative law.
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