A federal judge has overturned a hold on funding for a $16 billion rail tunnel project connecting New York and New Jersey. In a temporary ruling, the judge declared the freeze arbitrary and found that it violated standard legal procedures.

A lawsuit filed over the matter described the funding block as a form of political payback from the Trump administration against the two states. According to reports, the president wanted Washington Dulles International Airport and New York's Penn Station renamed in his honor in exchange for releasing the money.