The judge sided with The Authors Guild, several other groups and several people who had their grants canceled and sued DOGE and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
A federal judge said more than $100 million in cuts to NEH grants were discriminatory, ruling in a case that revealed the inner workings of DOGE.
The National Endowment for the Humanities seldom gave seven-figure grants. Now big awards flow to handpicked projects, including an institution with three full-time employees.
Deposition videos are providing a look at two people responsible for the largest termination of federal grants in the National Endowment for the Humanities' history.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration halted $120,000 in grants for “LGBTQ” and “multiethnic” research projects.WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Margaret Alice Galvan, and Maite Urcaregui.WHEN & WHERE: Grants were terminated in April 2025, originally awarded at the end of 2024.KEY QUOTE: “Both grants were awarded […] The post Trump Pulls Biden-Era Grants for LGBT Comics Research and ‘Multiethnic’ Studies. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration halted $120,000 in grants for “LGBTQ” and “multiethnic” research projects. WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Margaret Alice Galvan, and Maite Urcaregui. WHEN & WHERE: Grants were terminated in April 2025, originally awarded at the end of 2024 . KEY QUOTE: “Both grants were awarded at the end of 2024, under the Biden administration, and terminated in April 2025.” – NEH IMPACT: NEH took steps to ensure future awards are merit-based and do not promote far-left ideology. IN FULL The Trump administration has withdrawn $120,000 in grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) tied to projects focused on…Open
Documents reveal how A.I. was used to cancel most previously approved grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities as the agency embraced President Trump’s “America First” agenda.
Having failed to dismantle the endowment, the administration is now seeing whether it can be used to promote its own ideological projects. The post The Trump Administration’s NEH Agenda appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics The Trump Administration’s NEH Agenda Having failed to dismantle the endowment, the administration is now seeing whether it can be used to promote its own ideological projects. On January 15, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced $75.1 million for humanities projects across the country. Presented as part of President Donald Trump’s January 25, 2025 executive order, “Celebrating America’s Birthday,” the move is the latest example of how the Trump administration is increasingly using federal funding as a vehicle to achieve its broader goals of reshaping higher education. The NEH is…Open