U.S. District Judge William Young said the NIH violated federal law by arbitrarily canceling more than $1 billion in research grants because of their perceived connection to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

A federal judge says it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants issued by the National Institutes of Health.

A federal judge ruled that some of the grant terminations by the National Institutes of Health on DEI grounds are “void and illegal.”