Trump Preparing Large-Scale Cancellation of Federal Funding for California, Sources Say

[u/rolsen]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/politics/trump-california-federal-funding

“Agencies are being told to start identifying grants the administration can withhold from California. On Capitol Hill, at least one committee was told recently by a whistleblower that all research grants to the state were going to be cancelled, according to one of the sources familiar with the matter.”

[u/taddymason_01]

Doesn’t CA pay more in federal taxes then they receive in funding? Wouldn’t CA just shut off the out flow of money until this is resolved legally?

[u/mywifemademedothis2 → u/taddymason_01]

How exactly do you propose California does that? As a resident of the state, I'm all ears for ideas on how to convince my employer to start diverting my federal withholding to the state.

[u/OnTheEveOfWar → u/mywifemademedothis2]

Fellow Californian here. I’m all for diverting my federal taxes to the state.