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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Io Dodds

Judge deems some of Trump’s National Institutes of Health grant cuts illegal

President Donald Trump, joined by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 12, 2025, in Washington, DC - (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s administration broke the law when it terminated more than $1 billion in medical research grants the president claimed were linked to "DEI", a federal court has ruled.

In a blistering judgement issued on Monday, District Judge William Young — a Reagan appointee — said he had "never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable" in his 40 years as a jurist.

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