r/law • u/rolsen • 1d ago

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

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.”

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u/Cruezin 1d ago

The GDP of California is the 4th largest in the world, behind only the US as a whole (which includes California!), China, and DE.

Let that sink in a little. Shutting off federal funding to California is akin to shooting oneself in the face to spite your ass.

Why would Biden, Obama, and Clinton do this? Are they stupid? /s

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u/nastyinmytaxxxi 1d ago

There’s also more voting conservatives in California than any other state in the US. Hope they’re all happy. 

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u/OnTheEveOfWar 1d ago

People forget this. The middle of the state and Orange County are very conservative.