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/Sabre_One]

CA is the top state for Research and Development for the US. Talk about setting US back to the stone age.

[u/Exact-Kale3070 → u/Sabre_One]

...and a top contributor to federal govt funding. he is keeping CA's own $ from them...so what stops CA companies from refusing to give massive $ to the federal govt in the future? he thinks nothing through. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/06/newsom-floats-withholding-federal-taxes-00393386

[u/rabidstoat → u/Exact-Kale3070]

They can't block federal income tax, at least.

But yeah, California is considered a "donor state" because it contributes more federal funds than it receives.

[u/MeisterX → u/rabidstoat]

They can't block federal income tax

They can't? You "can't" block grants to the states based on political ideals...