DOE Stipulates in Thakur v. Trump That 284 Terminated Grants Were Chosen by the Political Identity of the Recipient State

A stipulation filed on 07/15/26 (filing date) in Thakur v. Trump (N.D. Cal.) records the Department of Energy’s agreement to a set of facts in place of discovery. It states: “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”. The remaining approximately 340 grants proposed for termination were not terminated in October 2025.

It also states: “DOE accepts that the inclusion of grants in the October notice tranche was based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state”. And: “DOE accepts that neither the inclusion of the ARCHES grant nor any other grants in the October notice tranche was based on any programmatic, statutory, cost-reduction, or performance-based factor.”

These are Department of Energy research grants. The exhibit is a statement about grant terminations; any link to FEMA disaster aid has to come from other sources.