Trump administration concedes that it canceled research grants in blue states
Trump administrationTrump administration concedes that it canceled research grants in blue statesThe Trump administration conceded that 284 research grants were canceled because they were in states that voted against President Donald Trump in 2024. Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00The Trump administration conceded that it canceled 284 grants from states that voted against President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. “All such grants had a recipient location and/or at least one place of performance in a state that awarded its electoral votes to President Trump in the 2024 election or has at least one Republican-caucusing Senator,” Novak wrote of the unterminated grants.
- ▪Trump administrationTrump administration concedes that it canceled research grants in blue statesThe Trump administration conceded that 284 research grants were canceled because they were in states that voted against President Donald Trump
- ▪Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00The Trump administration conceded that it canceled 284 grants from states that voted against President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.
- ▪“All such grants had a recipient location and/or at least one place of performance in a state that awarded its electoral votes to President Trump in the 2024 election or has at least one Republican-caucusing Senator,” Novak wrote of the unt
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- ▪ Grant cancellations ‘based solely’ on politics: filing — The Hill
- ▪ Trump administration admits canceling clean energy grants to Democratic states — The Guardian — World
- ▪ Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him — NYT > Top Stories
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Trump administrationTrump administration concedes that it canceled research grants in blue statesThe Trump administration conceded that 284 research grants were canceled because they were in states that voted against President Donald Trump in 2024. Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00The Trump administration conceded that it canceled 284 grants from states that voted against President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. J. David Ake / Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJuly 24, 2026, 6:12 PM EDTBy Gary Grumbach and Kyla GuilfoilThe Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants “solely because” the projects were connected to states that voted against President Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office,…
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