MA Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in suing the Trump Administration over its unprecedented and unlawful attempts to invoke a single provision – known as the “agency priorities clause” — buried in the federal regulations to strip away billions of dollars in critical federal funding for states and other grantees. The lawsuit seeks to limit the Trump Administration’s use of this regulation to indiscriminately and illegally terminate critical funding for combating violent crime, educating students, protecting clean drinking water, conducting lifesaving medical and scientific research, safeguarding public health, addressing food insecurity, and much more. “We cannot stand idly by while this President continues to launch unprecedented, unlawful attacks on Massachusetts’ residents, institutions, and economy. Congress controls the power of the purse and appropriates funds to ensure states have adequate resources to protect our residents’ safety and health while growing our economies. Today’s lawsuit seeks broad and forward-looking relief to stop this administration’s reckless and unlawful funding cuts.” – AG Campbell