A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in frozen federal grant funding to the University of California, Los Angeles. The funding had been halted in August after the administration accused UCLA of civil rights violations related to antisemitism and affirmative action.
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U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco ruled Monday that the government likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act by suspending grants without specific explanations. Instead, UCLA was notified through generalized form letters.
The injunction restores hundreds of NIH-backed medical research projects, including studies on Parkinson’s disease, cancer recovery, and nerve regeneration.
The Trump administration has used funding leverage to demand reforms at elite universities, targeting what it calls entrenched liberalism, antisemitism, and discriminatory diversity programs.
Similar disputes have arisen at Harvard, Columbia, and Brown. California Gov. Gavin Newsom labeled the administration’s proposed $1 billion UCLA settlement as “extortion.”
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