Federal officials admit to withholding grants from states just because they didn’t vote for Trump

North America Politics Sun, 26 Jul 2026 22:45:04 GMT High confidence — 80/100

Donald Trump’s administration has admitted that it canceled a block of roughly $7.5 billion in Biden-era clean energy funding “based solely” on the fact the money was flowing to projects in Democratic-led states.
The cuts were not based on “any programmatic, statutory, cost-reduction, or performance-based factor,” the Department of Energy conceded last week as part of early negotiations in a federal lawsuit from University of California researchers.
Instead, the grants were included on a list of cancellations announced in October “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s s

Instead, the grants were included on a list of cancellations announced in October “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s s

Donald Trump’s administration has admitted that it canceled a block of roughly $7.5 billion in Biden-era clean energy funding “based solely” on the fact the money was flowing to projects in Democratic-led states.
The cuts were not based on “any programmatic, statutory, cost-reduction, or performance-based factor,” the Department of Energy conceded last week as part of early negotiations in a federal lawsuit from University of California researchers.

Sources: The Hill, The Independent