LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to recover $500 million in federal grants frozen at the University of California in Los Angeles.
San Francisco US District Judge Rita Lynn said the government is likely to violate the Administrative Procedures Act, and that specific procedures and explanations are needed to reduce federal funding. Instead, the government notified in a form letter generalized to UCLA that multiple grants from various agencies have been suspended but have not provided specific details.
In August, UCLA announced that the Trump administration had suspended $584 million in federal grants for alleged civil rights violations related to anti-Semitism and positive lawsuits.
Lynn issued a ruling later that month, resulting in a $81 million grant from the National Science Foundation restored to UCLA. She determined that these cuts violated a June preliminary injunction and ordered the National Science Foundation to restore dozens of grants that ended at the University of California, which operates 10 campuses throughout the state.
The White House did not immediately respond to emails from the Associated Press.
The Trump administration has used federal funding control to drive reform at elite colleges, where presidents are declining as overrun by liberalism and anti-Semitism. The administration has also launched a survey on diversity, equity and inclusive efforts, saying it discriminates against white and Asian American students.
Two Ivy League institutions, Columbia and Brown; I made a deal On a similar claim that they were not doing enough to respond to campus anti-Semitism to maintain the funds supported by the Trump administration.
In the case of Harvard, who filed a lawsuit against cutting funds, a federal judge said in early September that the funding was frozen. Illegal retaliation Because Harvard University rejected the Trump administration’s request.
The Trump administration had proposed to resolve the UCLA investigation. Billion dollar payments From the institution. Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls it an attempt to force.
UCLA says such large payments will “destroy” the institution.
Monday’s ruling is concerns about hundreds of medical research grants from the National Institutes of Health, including Parkinson’s disease treatment, cancer recovery, neuronal cell regeneration, and research in other fields that campus leaders argue are crucial for improving American health.
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