US judge says Trump administration cannot revoke grants that conflict with its priorities
The ruling blocks an obscure agency-priorities clause that states said could cut billions in grants for public safety, research and other programs.
- A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration cannot use a White House budget regulation to cancel federal grants solely because they no longer align with the president's policy priorities.
- A U.S. court blocked the Trump administration from terminating billions of dollars in federal grants based on changes in administration priorities, siding with a coalition of states that challenged the policy.
- A judge found that federal agencies cannot revoke existing grant funding under a broad interpretation of an Office of Management and Budget rule, preserving more than $5 billion in grants.
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Judge Rules Trump Admin Cannot Cancel Grants Over New Policy Priorities
A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot use a White House budget office regulation to terminate federal grants it determined no longer align with priorities adopted after the funding was awarded. In a July 17 memorandum and order, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston declared that the regulation does not allow agencies to cancel grants based on new program goals or agency priorities introduced after…
Judge blocks OMB from retroactively cutting grants to states
A federal judge in Boston on Friday blocked the Office of Management and Budget from using an obscure grant termination clause to revoke billions of dollars in federal funding based on shifting agency priorities. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, denied the Trump administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 20 states, three governors, and the District of Columbia challenging the policy…
Judge: Administration misused regulation
BOSTON — A federal judge ruled Friday in Boston that President Donald Trump's administration cannot rely on a White House budget office regulation to terminate billions of dollars in grants because they don't align with the president's priorities.
Trump Loses Bid to Cancel Grants Retroactively
"A federal judge declared Friday that the Trump administration can’t cancel grants based on new rules or goals established after the fact — in a blow to its efforts to terminate billions of dollars already promised," Politico reports.
Federal Judge Rules Trump Administration Can Not Terminate Billions in Federal Grants Due to Change in Administration Priorities
WASHINGTON D.C. (KEYT) – A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump Administration from unilaterally terminating billions in grant funding for states already appropriated by Congress. "Plaintiffs—twenty states, three governors, and the District of Columbia—brought this action against Defendants U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought in his official capacity as Director of The post Federal Judge Rules Trump Administratio…
States win suit over Trump administration termination of grants
A group of Democratic state attorneys general and governors won a lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of illegally using a budget loophole to block billions of dollars in federal grants for public services that were already approved by Congress.
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