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US judge blocks Energy Department from slashing federal research funding

Source: Reuters

US judge blocks Energy Department from slashing federal research funding

By Nate Raymond
April 16, 2025 10:46 AM EDT Updated 17 min ago

BOSTON, April 16 (Reuters) - A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out steep cuts to federal research funding provided to universities by the U.S. Department of Energy.

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston issued a temporary restraining order, opens new tab blocking the department from implementing the new policy at the behest of a group of universities including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University and California Institute of Technology.

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A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out steep cuts to federal research funding provided to universities by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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