Why 25 states are fighting Trump over $740 million in emergency funding

A coalition of governors and attorneys general is suing the Trump administration, arguing that the federal government wants to strongarm Democratic states into complying with some of its most controversial policy changes yet. The lawsuit, filed in a Rhode Island federal court, alleges that the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA are illegally withholding billions of dollars due to states for emergency funding in order to “coerce” them into enforcing its immigration policies and making…