A federal judge in Rhode Island issued a preliminary order that blocks the Trump administration restricting grants from the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Violence Against Women.
The restriction's would compel nonprofits that accept grants to end support for DEI, immigrants and transgender people.
A 17 state coalition filed a lawsuit in June in U.S. District Court in Providence.
The Boston Globe reported Judge William Smith agreed with the coalition that the restrictions violate the prohibition against "arbitrary and capricious" actions by the federal agency.
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