Grants Can Be Axed For Political Reasons, DOJ Atty Says

By Jared Foretek ( December 11, 2025, 9:44 PM EST) -- A Trump administration lawyer said Thursday that the president had blanket authority to cancel every discretionary grant slated for states that broke against him in the general election, and it wouldn't amount to a violation of the Fifth Amendment's equal protection guarantee....

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