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 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…
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…
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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.
Boston federal judge bars Trump administration from using obscure clause to make huge funding cuts
“The President and his allies cannot hold critical programs hostage to their personal whims and political ideologies, destabilizing the country by yanking essential federal funding that was already awarded to the states.” The post Boston federal judge bars Trump administration from using obscure clause to make huge funding cuts appeared first on Boston.com.
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Federal judge bars Trump administration from using obscure clause to make huge funding cuts
A federal judge in Boston has ruled the Trump administration can’t use an obscure clause relating to agency priorities to make funding cuts.
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