Overview
- A federal judge in Washington granted a preliminary injunction that suspends Trump administration sanctions first imposed in July 2025.
- The order lifts a ban on her entry to the United States and unfreezes access to banking that had also been blocked in Europe.
- Judge Richard Leon said the measures likely act as a content-based limit on speech protected by the First Amendment.
- The lawsuit was filed by her husband, World Bank economist Massimiliano Cali, and their U.S. citizen daughter, who cited economic harm and lost access to their Washington home.
- Reactions split quickly as Amnesty International welcomed the decision, while Israel’s UN ambassador Dany Danon urged jailing Albanese and accused her of backing terrorists.