US EditionMaine Part of Lawsuit Challenging Billions in Trump Administration Funding Cuts
- On Tuesday in Boston, the attorneys general of Maine, along with those from two dozen other states and the District of Columbia, initiated a federal lawsuit opposing significant funding reductions imposed by the Trump administration.
- The lawsuit challenges the administration’s use of a particular regulatory provision to unilaterally cancel grants by citing shifts in agency priorities, a practice the plaintiffs contend is illegal.
- The complaint details thousands of grant cancellations affecting programs for crime prevention, education, health, and environmental efforts, including an $11 million USDA agreement and a $1 million EPA grant.
- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong emphasized that federal law does not permit the President to unilaterally cut funding without Congressional approval, while Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield highlighted the importance of maintaining reliability and responsibility in government actions.
- The lawsuit aims to stop the administration's funding cuts, which attorneys general say cause "devastating consequences" for public safety, medical research, and essential community services nationwide.
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Democratic States Sue Trump Over ‘Slash-and-Burn’ Federal Grant Cuts
Attorneys general from more than 20 states and Washington, D.C. filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging billions of dollars in funding cuts made by the Trump administration that would fund everything from crime prevention to food security to scientific research. The lawsuit filed in Boston is asking a judge to limit the Trump administration from relying on an obscure clause in the federal regulation to cut grants that don’t align with its pr…
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Maine joins lawsuit challenging billions of dollars in Trump administration funding cuts
Attorneys general from more than 20 states have filed a federal lawsuit challenging billions of dollars in cuts made by the Trump administration that would fund everything from crime prevention to food security
Maryland joins more legal actions against Trump, including a challenge to billions in grant cuts - Maryland Matters
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought is one of 12 federal agency directors named in a new federal lawsuit filed by Democratic state attorneys general contesting abrupt funding cuts to state governments, research institutions, universities and nonprofits. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Maryland joined two more legal challenges to the Trump administration Tuesday, one to defend a specific minority business program and another…
'Devastating and unlawful': 20 states sue Trump over 'slash-and-burn' policies
President Donald Trump's administration is now being challenged in court by nearly two dozen states after a new lawsuit was announced on Tuesday.The Arizona Republic reported that the suit is specifically over cuts to federal grants that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) imposed earlier this year. Specifically, the 21 Democratic attorneys general (which include 20 states and Washington D.C.) who joined t…
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