U.S. President Donald Trump announced that his administration would block federal funding to non-governmental organizations allegedly involved in riots, regardless of any decision by Congress on a related legislative proposal.
“The bill by Congressman Kevin Kiley, ‘NO TAXPAYER MONEY FOR RIOTS,’ must be passed immediately. I hereby instruct my Administration to pay nothing to these radicalized groups, regardless of that legislation,” Trump wrote on his social network, Truth Social.
Without naming specific organizations, the Republican leader accused them of using public funds to “incite riots, burn or destroy cities,” and then requesting more money “to help rebuild them.” “NO MORE MONEY!!!” he added.
The bill Trump referred to was introduced by California Representative Kevin Kiley. It seeks to prevent NGOs allegedly involved in organizing violent protests from receiving federal funding or tax exemptions. The proposal also calls for harsher penalties for assaulting federal agents and obstructing immigration enforcement operations.
Kiley’s proposal explicitly names the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), a nonprofit organization he claims received $34 million in state funding and played a key role in recent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids by broadcasting real-time information on the locations of the operations.
CHIRLA has denied any involvement in the demonstrations. The organization is currently under investigation by the House Judiciary Committee, controlled by Republicans, which is trying to determine whether CHIRLA used federal grants awarded during Joe Biden’s administration to promote unrest in Los Angeles.
Trump’s directive came just one day after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling limiting the power of federal judges to block presidential actions. “HUGE VICTORY at the Supreme Court of the United States!” Trump celebrated on Truth Social, also pointing to the indirect impact of the decision on his executive order to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants or those with temporary legal status such as asylum or visas.
Speaking to reporters afterward, Trump praised the Court’s “brilliant” ruling and pledged to advance many more policies that he claimed had been unfairly blocked. “We have so many,” he said.
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision stated that nationwide injunctions issued by lower federal courts “likely exceed the equitable authority” granted by Congress. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who wrote the opinion, emphasized that federal courts are not intended to act as general overseers of the executive branch and warned, “When a court concludes that the Executive has acted unlawfully, the remedy is not for the court to also exceed its authority.”
The three liberal justices dissented from the ruling.
The case centered on whether a single federal district judge has the authority to issue a nationwide block on a presidential order while its legality is under litigation. Among the affected measures was the controversial executive order Trump signed on January 20—his inauguration day—aiming to deny birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants or those in temporary legal status.
That executive order was blocked by district courts in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Washington state, which deemed it unconstitutional. The Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court, which has now taken a stance that could significantly reshape the balance of power between the judiciary and the presidency.
