The ruling temporarily restores access to Medicaid reimbursements for the affected clinics, including those in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

Darren Beattie, who was fired as a speechwriter during President Donald Trump’s first term after CNN revealed that he spoke at a conference attended by White nationalists, will now serve as the acting president of the US Institute of Peace, a senior State Department official said.

The ruling temporarily blocks the Trump administration from withholding Medicaid funding for one year, a provision included in the One Big Beautiful Bill.