White House instructs DOT, CDC to cut $1.5B in grants for Dem states, citing 'waste and mismanagement'

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s budget office is instructing the Department of Transportation and Centers for Disease Control ...

Trump administration axes $1.5B in blue-state grants over reported waste and mismanagement concerns

Trump administration cancels $1.5 billion in federal grants to California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota, targeting transportation and CDC projects.
STAT

CDC pauses, then unpauses billions in public health infrastructure grants to states

The CDC briefly paused more than 100 grants to states and organizations to update infrastructure for public health projects.

CDC Restores $5 Billion in Public Health Grants After 24-Hour Pause

MONDAY, Jan. 26, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Federal officials have lifted a short pause on more than 100 public health grants ...
Scientific American

A ‘shadow CDC’ is scrambling to fill gaps in public health data

Dozens of routinely updated CDC databases have gone quiet. Here’s what states and medical societies are doing to preserve U.S ...

Confusion remains after Trump administration abruptly halts public health funding to cities and states, then reverses course

As public health departments across the country prepared for a massive winter storm this weekend, notice landed in their inboxes that pivotal grant funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and ...
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CDC studies show value of wastewater surveillance as possible funding cut looms

Budget plan would slash its funding from about $125 million a year to about $25 million ...