( August 4, 2026, 3:32 PM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal judge in South Carolina on Aug. 3 denied an emergency motion for a stay pending appeal filed by President Donald J. Trump and several federal officials, agencies and departments over a ruling that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s guidance terminating the Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant (ECJ) program was unlawful, holding that the federal defendants “have not made a strong showing that they will succeed on the merits” and cannot show irreparable injury....