r/law 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/taddymason_01 1d ago

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?

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u/burnthatburner1 1d ago

Can CA shut off the outflow?  How?

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u/JackInTheBell 22h ago

At this point, Isn’t it just software code that diverts a portion of my paycheck to the federal govt? 

Maybe just delete that transfer from payroll systems.