Trump administration admits it canceled clean-energy grants in states that voted for Kamala Harris | CNN Politics

us.cnn.com·Kaanita Iyer·2026-07-25T19:06:07.694Z
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The article reports that the Trump administration admitted to canceling hundreds of millions in clean-energy grants just because the projects were in states that supported Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, a move critics call political retaliation. Democratic lawmakers and university researchers involved in the projects say this is an abuse of power and are challenging it in court. The story relies on a government filing and strong condemnations from Democrats to argue that political bias drove the decision.

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