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The Defense Department ordered 30 U.S. universities on Monday to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities and military training institutions. Schools that do not complete a review and terminate...
On July 21, 2026, the Department of Health and Human Services deferred more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota, withholding roughly $867.5 million from California and about $199 million from...
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston ruled Friday, July 17, 2026 that the Trump administration cannot rely on a grant "termination clause" tied to "agency priorities" to cancel billions of dollars in federal...
According to court documents filed July 13, 2026, the Trump administration rescinded a roughly $10 billion freeze on child care subsidies and social services funding directed at five Democratic-led states — California...
Vice President JD Vance, acting in his role as the administration's fraud czar, announced that the federal government would defer $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California. CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz described...
On April 24, 2026, New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul sued the Trump administration to restore roughly $73.5 million in federal highway funding that the Department of Transportation moved...
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and state Human Services Commissioner Shireen Gandhi sued the Trump administration on March 3, 2026, in federal district court in Minneapolis, seeking a temporary restraining...
On October 1, 2025, the White House invited nine universities, including MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt, Dartmouth and Brown, to sign a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" in exchange...