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

The lawsuit challenges new conditions that require states to use a federal citizenship verification system for voters and conduct post-election audits to receive certain federal grants.

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A coalition of governors and attorneys general is suing the Trump administration, arguing that the federal government wants to strong-arm 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 the Federal Emergency Management Agency are illegally withholding billions of dollars due to states for emergency funding in order to........

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