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 Massachusetts federal judge has declared the Trump administration's cuts to National Institutes of Health grants are "illegal" and "void," and ordered many of the grants be restored, Politico reported on Monday.