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Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Stop DOJ Grant Cancellations
ALASKA, JUL 7 – Launch Alaska contends the abrupt $5 million grant termination lacked due process and threatens its Arctic energy projects and startup accelerator program, risking layoffs and halted initiatives.
- On April 30, 2025, lawyer John R. Crone filed a complaint in US District Court in Anchorage, suing the Office of Naval Research for terminating a $5 million grant in its entirety.
- Since President Trump took office, data show the EPA canceled over 600 grants totaling more than $2.7 billion.
- In the filing, Launch Alaska argues no alternatives less severe than grant termination were considered, and no programmatic review or risk assessment was performed, and the nonprofit had to reallocate funds from other initiatives, halting their progress.
- According to the complaint, the funding cut could lead to widespread layoffs, broken contracts, and potential shutdown of Launch Alaska's accelerator program, and unexpected cash shortfalls have severely reduced its financial stability.
- In Washington, legal advocates noted that on July 8, 2025, a lawyer representing the ABA and other funding challengers highlighted Congress in 2024 appropriated specific foreign assistance funds and required full disbursement.
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