US judge blocks Energy Department from slashing federal research funding

ReutersApr 16, 2025 2:04 PM

BOSTON, April 16 (Reuters) - A federal judge temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's 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 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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