US EditionJudge temporarily blocks Trump officials from rescinding health grants to some Democratic-led states
A federal judge halted cuts to $600 million in CDC grants to four Democratic-led states citing likely unconstitutional motives and irreparable harm to public health programs.
- On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Manish Shah in the Northern District of Illinois halted planned rescissions of more than $600 million in CDC-funded grants after states filed suit.
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said the grants do not align with the CDC's current priorities, while state attorneys general argued the cuts were politically motivated and `arbitrary and capricious`, targeting only California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota.
- Illinois officials say losing grants would force layoffs and program cuts, including termination of 99 Illinois Department of Public Health employees and threats to 674 public-health jobs at 96 local agencies.
- The temporary restraining order lasts 14 days and took effect Thursday afternoon, keeping CDC grant money flowing to state and city health departments and partner organizations while litigation continues.
- Some targeted grants serve LGBTQ+ people and communities of color, and the states argue the rescissions violate the Constitution; Judge Manish Shah wrote officials' statements plausibly show hostility to `sanctuary jurisdictions`.
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Judge Halts Trump Admin’s $600 Million Public Health Funding Cut Targeting 4 Blue States
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from cutting more than $600 million in public health grants to four Democratic-led states, siding with the states’ argument that the cuts appeared politically motivated. U.S. District Judge Manish Shah issued a 14-day temporary restraining order preventing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from rescinding the…
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump officials from rescinding health grants
President Donald Trump’s administration cannot rescind $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, for now, a federal judge in Illinois ruled Thursday. California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota sued Wednesday to try to block the planned funding cuts to programs that track disease outbreaks and study health outcomes of LGBTQ+ people and communities of color in major cities. U.S. District Judge Manish Shah stop…
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump officials from rescinding health grants to some Democratic-led states
A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot pull back $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, for now.
Judge shuts down Trump's attempt to defund blue states
The New York Times reports a federal judge in Illinois blocked the Trump administration’s plot to snatch $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats.“Judge Manish S. Shah of the Federal District Court in Northern Illinois wrote in a two-page order that the plaintiff states — California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota — had provided enough evidence that the cuts were ‘based on arbitrary, capricious or unconstitutional …
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