Donald Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Suffers Legal Blow
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On Monday, Judge Indira Talwani, a federal judge in Boston, issued a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill's" provision to defund Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration, challenging a provision in the Republican president's broad domestic policy legislation that would block its health centers from receiving Medicaid reimbursements.
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