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The attorneys general of Illinois, California, Colorado, Minnesota and New York filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court in New York, alleging federal officials have no legal or constitutional authority to freeze the money.
As economists pointed to some of the president's policies to explain the latest Labor Department data, White House aides sought to make the case for optimism in the new year.