Other plaintiffs included attorneys general of Arizona, California, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada and Oregon. But in a March 28 letter, McMahon, a member of Republican President Donald Trump's cabinet, said states had ample time to spend the money, and allowing more time years after the pandemic ended was inconsistent with her department's priorities. McMahon and the Justice Department argued that taking back the money served the public interest, because taxpayer funds should be used for their intended purpose and the public health emergency from the pandemic had long passed.

NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan blocked the Trump administration on Tuesday from canceling more than $1.1 billion in unspent aid meant to help U.S. elementary and high schools address the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. 'I don't know the Blake Lively of the red carpet. Or the Met Gala. I never watched Gossip Girl,' wrote Ifill. 'The Blake Lively I know is a philanthropist and a student of our country's most intractable problems.

She and her husband Ryan Reynolds reached out in 2019 to make a contribution to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.' Ifill, who served as president and director-counsel of the organization from 2012 to 2022, wrote: 'I had been getting a few of these calls, as our work fighting against voter suppression and police brutality was receiving national attention.' Washington had authorized about $190 billion of aid to help K-12 schools recover from the pandemic, with funds meant for tutoring students who fell behind, upgrades to school buildings, food for homeless students and teaching english language learners articles other purposes.

Blake has also face criticism by admitting she would wear a 'Scary Spice 'fro' and cover herself in bronzer while 'stalking' boys as a teenager, saying her disguise woulc make them 'think I was a Black girl'. Years after tying the knot, the Deadpool actor branded the wedding 'a giant f*ing mistake' in a 2020 interview after the pair were widely criticised for seemingly glamorising the former plantation where Black slaves suffered and died.  It is one of America's oldest working plantations.

In the 19th century it was owned by Henry and John Horlbeck who were in the brick business, building many of the public spaces in downtown Charleston using brick from the plantation. The actress, 37, and her husband Ryan Reynolds are currently embroiled in a lawsuit with her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni after accusing him of sexual harassment as well as a smear campaign. The director then counter-sued the A-List couple, accusing them of defamation.  Her mother, played by actor Kenan Thompson, then emerged from the changing room and they got into a debate with the shop assistant, with Blake continuing in the same pseduo accent: 'This my mom.

You better stop tryna get up in her goody snack.' She added that Lively's 'commitment to filling those gaps—and becoming the most fully informed and prepared citizen - is what I appreciate most about her. Blake is a serious person.