Judge Blocks 2 Trump Grant Orders Targeting DEI and Gender Programs for 8 Cities
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Updated · The Buckeye Flame · Jul 10
Judge Blocks 2 Trump Grant Orders Targeting DEI and Gender Programs for 8 Cities
2 articles · Updated · The Buckeye Flame · Jul 10
Summary
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction letting Cleveland, Columbus and six other plaintiffs keep accessing federal grants despite Trump’s January 2025 orders restricting DEI and “gender ideology” programs.
The 28-page ruling found enough basis to pause conditions the cities said would force them to abandon nondiscrimination protections or risk funding for unrelated local services.
Cleveland and Columbus said the orders threatened programs ranging from LGBTQ youth counseling and hate-crime work to food aid, job readiness, domestic-violence services, drug courts and DNA-backlog reduction.
Seattle filed the original suit in July 2025, later joined by the Ohio cities, Durham, Portland and four counties; the case now returns to court on whether the injunction becomes permanent.
The administration is also trying to embed the same restrictions in federal regulations, where officials said about 40,000 public comments have already been filed.