Judge Sides with City of Fresno in Lawsuit with Trump Admin Over Federal Funding

A federal judge has sided with the City of Fresno in a courtroom fight against the Trump administration to keep more than $250 million in federal funds that city officials say had already been guaranteed. Fresno and several U.S. cities in August sued several federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, after they threatened to withhold hundreds of millions in federal grants unless they removed language around gender and diversity from city plans.

The directives by federal agencies stemmed from an executive order by President Donald Trump targeting DEI language in government. Fresno and other cities noted the imperiled funds had already been approved by Congress and argued in a complaint that the federal government’s demands were vague and inconsistent.

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