November 24, 2025
An Illinois federal judge has temporarily enjoined the Trump administration from imposing certain conditions on the city of Chicago and other local governments seeking federal emergency funds, including that they halt diversity, equity and inclusion programs, finding that the challengers had demonstrated these conditions are "likely unlawful."
November 17, 2025
An Illinois federal judge considering whether to block the Trump administration from imposing certain conditions on recipients of federal emergency funds probed counsel for local governments suing over them about the scope of the relief they are seeking and questioned if the federal government's terms go beyond what Congress intended in funding the grants.
October 24, 2025
A nonprofit sued the government seeking information about deals it made with law firms whose diversity, equity and inclusion policies the Trump administration called out as potentially unlawful, and local governments in Democratic-led states alleged that federal disaster relief funds are being unlawfully tied to DEI policies. Here, Law360 looks at notable DEI-related legal developments from the past week.
October 21, 2025
The city of Chicago and eight other local governments sued the Trump administration in Illinois federal court Monday, claiming the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has imposed unlawful conditions on federal grants that help them respond to disasters, including a requirement that they agree not to operate diversity, equity and inclusion programs.