The federal judge said the NIH violated federal law by arbitrarily canceling more than $1 billion in research grants because of their perceived connection to DEI initiatives.

The judge accused the Trump administration of discriminating against racial minorities and L.G.B.T.Q. people and ordered the government to restore much of the funding.

A Reagan-appointed judge tore into the administration’s actions Monday in the latest lower court rebuke in President Donald Trump's second term.