Feb 11 (Reuters) – Four Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday that seeks to block the Trump administration from terminating $600 million in public health funding.
In a complaint, opens new tab filed in federal court in Chicago, the states — California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota — said they were being unlawfully subjected to “devastating funding cuts to basic public health infrastructure based on political animus and disagreements about unrelated topics such as federal immigration enforcement.”
A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday that the grants are being terminated because they do not reflect the agency’s priorities. HHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit.
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By Jan Wolfe
February 11, 2026