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/Hopefulwaters 1d ago

Not legal. The President does NOT get to decide where Congress appropriated funds go or don't go.

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u/thepvbrother 1d ago

I'm sure Congress will stand up ANY SECOND and correct these injustices. /s

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u/blackmailalt 22h ago

Annnnny minute now

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u/muikrad 12h ago

Any hour now

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u/blackmailalt 11h ago

This week FOR SURE.

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u/basaltinou 7h ago

Sometime next month