Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis shows
Lost Funds says the cuts affect health, nutrition, the environment and disaster relief, and nearly 10% of federal discretionary spending.
- On Wednesday, a new tracking tool titled Lost Funds revealed that the Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since President Donald Trump began his second term.
- States United Democracy Center and Grant Witness created the tool, which monitors disruptions across all 50 states and the District of Columbia representing nearly 10% of federal discretionary spending.
- Health, nutrition, environment, and disaster relief suffered the largest cuts, with researchers documenting maternal health programs eliminated in Michigan, education research halted in Mississippi, and minority farmer assistance frozen in Iowa.
- California, Texas, New York, Illinois, and North Carolina faced the highest amounts of interrupted funding, while Kelly Rader, States United research director, stated the tracker reveals the "extraordinary scale and real human impact."
- Relying on data from USASpending, the tracker will be updated regularly as the administration takes new action and legal challenges proceed, with some courts already ruling against these funding cuts.
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President Donald Trump's government has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal funds from all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia since the beginning of its second term, showed a survey released this Wednesday by the United States Democracy Center and Grant Witness, to which the Associated Press had access.
Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis shows – WTOP News
The Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term, according to a tracking tool released Wednesday by a pro-democracy nonprofit and a group of researchers and scientists. The cuts affected all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with health, nutrition, the environment and disaster relief making up the largest share of cuts, the States United Democracy Center an…
Trump administration blocked or froze $177 billion in grants, analysis shows
The cuts impacted all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and most cuts were directed at health, nutrition, the environment and disaster relief programs, according to the analysis.
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