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White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
The Trump administration canceled $2 billion in University of California research grants, using keywords like diversity and gender to target projects. Legal teams argue this mass termination violated the First Amendment and other constitutional protections, with a court hearing scheduled for October 20.
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