Trump admin admits terminating grants only in states that voted for Kamala Harris

In a stunning admission, the Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing last week that it whittled down a list of more than 600 clean energy project grants by only terminating the ones in states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. "With one exception, the 284 terminated grants had a recipient location and/or at least one place of performance in a state that awarded its electoral votes to Kamala Harris in the 2024 election and has two Democratic-caucusing Senators," Jeff Novak wrote. "The remaining approximately 340 grants proposed for termination were not terminated in October 2025, and they have not since been terminated," Novak continued. "All such grants had a recipient location and/or at least one place of performance in a state that awarded its electoral votes to President Trump in the 2024 election or has at least one Republican-caucusing Senator." "This administration has now admitted in court what has long been obvious: it terminated nearly 300 cost-cutting energy projects for no reason other than the fact that the states they were in did not vote for the president in the 2024 election," Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Marcy Kaptur said.