Grant cancellations ‘based solely’ on politics: filing
Greg Nash In the filing, Department of Energy (DOE) lawyer Jeff Novak said the department came up with a list of 624 grants slated for potential termination. Novak said the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) selected 284 of those grants to be included in a tranche of cancellations. He wrote that all except one of the 284 grants OMB selected had ties to states that voted for then-Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 and had two Democratic-caucusing senators.
- ▪Greg Nash In the filing, Department of Energy (DOE) lawyer Jeff Novak said the department came up with a list of 624 grants slated for potential termination.
- ▪Novak said the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) selected 284 of those grants to be included in a tranche of cancellations.
- ▪He wrote that all except one of the 284 grants OMB selected had ties to states that voted for then-Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 and had two Democratic-caucusing senators.
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- ▪ Trump administration admits it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy projects ‘based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state’ — Fortune
- ▪ Trump Admin Cancelled Grants Based on Politics — RealClear Investigations
- ▪ Trump administration admits grants for clean energy were canceled based on politics — KGW RSS Feed: news
- ▪ Trump administration admits grants for clean energy were canceled based on politics - AP News — Google News
- ▪ Trump administration concedes that it canceled research grants in blue states — NBC News — Politics
- ▪ Trump administration admits canceling clean energy grants to Democratic states — The Guardian — World
- ▪ Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him — NYT > Top Stories
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