humanities

Judge rules Trump administration’s cancellation of humanities grants was unconstitutional

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The Trump administration’s cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities grants to scholars, writers, research groups and other organizations was unconstitutional, and the Department of Government Efficiency had no authority to end the funding, a federal judge in New York ruled on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan sided with The Authors … Read more

Federal judge finds DOGE’s elimination of humanities grants “unlawful”

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Washington — A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration’s mass elimination of humanities grants to three of the nation’s major scholarly groups was “unlawful” and “unconstitutional.”  In April 2025, the Department of Government and Efficiency, or DOGE, terminated thousands of grants previously approved by Congress from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Among … Read more