CNN: Trump Planning Large-Scale Cancellation Of Federal Funds For California

Multiple sources are telling CNN that the Trump administration is prepping plans to cancel massive amounts of federal funding to California.

President Trump is preparing a large-scale cancellation of federal funding for California, sources say https://t.co/1XglhnZNnw

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From CNN:

Agencies are being told to start identifying grants the administration can withhold from California. Sources said the administration is specifically considering a full termination of federal grant funding for the University of California and California State University systems.

Singling out one state for massive cuts would be an unusual move, but President Donald Trump has long made Democratic-led California a target.

Just last month, he threatened to withhold federal funding from California over a transgender athlete’s participation in a sporting event — the latest example of the president trying to use funding as leverage to enact his agenda.

The administration recently cut $126.4 million in flood prevention funding projects, and Trump repeatedly went after the state’s handling of devastating wildfires earlier this year.

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BREAKING: Trump is reportedly preparing a sweeping move to cancel massive federal funding for California, per CNN.

This isn’t policy, it’s political retaliation. A sitting president targeting an entire state because it refuses to kneel. Welcome to authoritarianism, American… — Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) June 6, 2025