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Judge finds Trump's DOGE-led cancellation of humanities grants unconstitutional
The Trump administration's cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities grants to scholars, writers, research groups and other organizations was unconstitutional, and the Department of Government Efficiency had no authority to end the funding, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.
What happened
According to PBS News’s source item, Judge finds Trump’s DOGE-led cancellation of humanities grants unconstitutional, The Trump administration’s cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities grants to scholars, writers, research groups and other organizations was unconstitutional, and the Department of Government Efficiency had no authority to end the funding, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.
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- Judge finds Trump's DOGE-led cancellation of humanities grants unconstitutionalPBS News - 2026-05-08T17:06:36+00:00
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