The federal judge said the NIH violated federal law by arbitrarily canceling more than $1 billion in research grants because of their perceived connection to DEI initiatives.

In a ruling issued Monday, the judge called the government’s directives “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered funding for some of the NIH grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months,

"This represents racial discrimination and discrimination against America's LGBTQ community," said the judge, an appointee of Republican former President Ronald Reagan.