A federal judge ruled on Monday that the Trump administration’s termination of more than $1bn in research grants at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was “void and illegal”.
US district judge William Young added that the cuts, which targeted research with a perceived connection to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, represented unlawful “racial discrimination and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community”, Reuters reported. Young, who was appointed to the bench by then president Ronald Reagan, added that he had “never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable”.
