White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
The National Institutes of Health said it used internal search tools to flag more than 1,000 University of California grants for termination.
- In Thakur v. Trump court filings last week, federal agencies admitted using keywords like "health equity" and "structural racism" to screen and terminate more than 1,000 research grants at the University of California.
- Lawyers for the researchers contend this admission confirms the illegal cancellation of nearly $2 billion in funding, as agencies targeted projects in states supporting Kamala Harris while leaving "red" state grants untouched.
- The National Institutes of Health alone suspended or cancelled nearly 700 grants at UCLA, while The Department of Transportation terminated six projects worth about $42 million, forcing researchers to lay off more than 40 graduate and undergraduate assistants.
- Plaintiffs now ask Judge Rita F. Lin to issue a final ruling ordering grant restoration, arguing agencies bypassed required assessments; The Environmental Protection Agency moves toward settlement to avoid further litigation.
- The health agency suggested Elon Musk's short-lived DOGE office may have used AI to target grants, raising constitutional violation claims ahead of an Oct. 20 court hearing on permanent restoration.
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White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities. It’s an admission that lawyers for the research professors say is proof that the agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2 billion in grants. And that’s a major devel…
White House admits it used keywords related to diversity, gender and COVID-19 to kill billions worth of research grants
U.S. federal agencies that stopped more than a thousand research grants at the University of California admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities.
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White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities.
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