Judge rules Trump cannot halt New York traffic congestion pricing

The $9 daytime toll for motorists entering areas of Manhattan south of Central Park was introduced in January 2025 after being approved just before the inauguration of the Republican president -- a native New Yorker. Trump argued that the toll would be bad for business, and his new Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy terminated approval for the pilot program, sparking a backlash from city officials. The organization that administers the toll, the MTA, sued Duffy's department in February 2025...