{"id":2395939,"date":"2025-01-28T07:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doge-plaintiff-awarded-millions-in-dei-grants-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T07:56:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:56:56","slug":"doge-plaintiff-awarded-millions-in-dei-grants-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doge-plaintiff-awarded-millions-in-dei-grants-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DOGE plaintiff awarded millions in DEI grants &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoge-plaintiff-awarded-millions-in-dei-grants-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2395939&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A lawsuit has been\u200d filed\u200d against President Donald \u200bTrump&#8217;s administration by the American Public Health Association (APHA) and several other groups, alleging\u200b that the newly established\u2063 Department of Government efficiency (DOGE) violated clarity laws. The APHA, which has received nearly $7 million in federal diversity, \u200dequity, and inclusion (DEI) grants, is \u200baccused of a conflict of interest for suing an entity that could affect their funding. The grants were awarded under the Biden administration but have been halted by the Trump administration, which has taken a hard stance on cutting DEI programs. The legal battle \u2064highlights a potential increase in lawsuits related too the Trump administration&#8217;s\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-alec-baldwin-had-no-reason-to-fire-gun-during-scene-being-rehearsed\/\" title=\"Lawsuit: Alec Baldwin Had No Reason to Fire Gun During Scene Being Rehearsed\">cost-cutting measures<\/a> and the controversial nature of DEI \u2064funding. \u2064Critics argue that DEI programs perpetuate themselves without serving\u200c practical purposes, while APHA insists that\u2062 their lawsuit is solely about transparency and not related to funding concerns. The situation reflects broader\u2062 tensions over government spending, equity policies, and accountability.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Group suing DOGE was awarded millions in DEI funding that is now on Trump&rsquo;s chopping block<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1940523\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A group suing over President Donald Trump&rsquo;s cost-cutting effort across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">government<\/a> was awarded millions of dollars in federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">diversity, equity, and inclusion<\/a> grants that may be slashed under the new administration, records show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Last week, the American Public Health Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3296571\/doge-lawsuits-trump-transparency-lapse-dark-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">joined five others<\/a> in accusing Trump&rsquo;s so-called Department of Government Efficiency of violating transparency rules. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, just before Trump signed an executive order establishing DOGE as a unit within the executive branch rather than an outside group &mdash; making it more likely to be subject to public records laws. <\/p>\n<p>However, in the telling of conservative watchdogs, APHA, a membership and advocacy group for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">public health professionals<\/a>, appears to have a conflict of interest that could serve as a motivator for targeting DOGE. At the tail end of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Biden administration<\/a>, federal officials approved it for almost $7 million in taxpayer-backed grants related to DEI programs.<\/p>\n<p>The funding to the APHA, awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services and its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, does not appear to have been disbursed yet. However, the Department of Health and Human Services has paused all new grant announcements, and Trump signed an executive order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">rescinding<\/a> former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s DEI actions in a sweeping manner.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This fight against DOGE illustrates exactly why taxpayers need it so urgently,&rdquo; said John Hart, CEO of Open the Books, a watchdog group expected to work with the Trump administration on sharing federal spending data for DOGE.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In a classic case of self-dealing, one of the groups suing DOGE itself has received federal funds to advance its ideological agenda,&rdquo; said Hart, a former GOP Senate aide. &ldquo;Taxpayers need to knock groups like this off their &lsquo;conflict of interest&rsquo; high horse and make it clear that they are not entitled to receive taxpayer funds.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>APHA pushed back on the notion that concerns about federal funding prompted its lawsuit over DOGE. It also pointed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/press-releases\/groups-sue-epa-over-refusal-strengthen-toxic-ozone-standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">lawsuits<\/a> it filed under the Biden administration, including in connection to air pollution standards.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are unrelated,&rdquo; Georges C. Benjamin, APHA&rsquo;s executive director, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Our issue with DOGE is about transparency. It&rsquo;s all about transparency.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the legal drama is a window into what will likely be a lawsuit-heavy four years when it comes to DOGE and the Trump administration&rsquo;s unique cost-cutting efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Trump renamed the U.S. Digital Service to the &ldquo;U.S. DOGE Service&rdquo; and also created a temporary DOGE group that expires in 2026. Moreover, &ldquo;DOGE teams&rdquo; will be assigned to federal agencies, raising questions about what guardrails will be in place for information access and special government employees.<\/p>\n<p>DOGE, which was established to cut spending programs that Republicans determine to be left-leaning and wasteful, counts its leader as Elon Musk. Over the last several weeks, Musk and a team of aides have worked out of the Washington office for his company, SpaceX, as DOGE looks to hire &ldquo;world-class talent to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">work long hours identifying\/eliminating waste<\/a>, fraud, and abuse,&rdquo; according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/join.doge.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">website<\/a>. DOGE is expected to work closely with the White House&rsquo;s budget office.<\/p>\n<p>HHS, the agency overseeing the federal funding to APHA, did not respond to a request for comment. The CDC declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Federal spending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/ASST_NON_NU38PW000013_7523\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">records<\/a> list a $4.2 million grant from HHS to APHA for a &ldquo;health equity&rdquo; initiative.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The proposed project will develop a comprehensive training program with technical assistance support to help nonprofit organizations build their capacity related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility and facilitate efforts to infuse health equity concepts into their public health prevention efforts,&rdquo; federal records say.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, a $2.7 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/ASST_NON_NU38PW000006_7523\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">grant<\/a> to APHA from HHS described a program to support &ldquo;practices that center diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in developing and maintaining cross-sectoral and community-based partnerships&rdquo; to &ldquo;advance health equity.&rdquo; Both grants list the CDC as the subagency funder.<\/p>\n<p>APHA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apha.org\/about-apha\/governance\/apha-committees\/committee-on-health-equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">has<\/a> a &ldquo;committee on health equity&rdquo; and has argued that racism is a systemic problem in the United States, according to organizational <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apha.org\/-\/media\/files\/pdf\/advocacy\/speak\/210825_racial_equity_fact_sheet.ashx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Washington, APHA has <a href=\"https:\/\/careers.apha.org\/jobseekers\/resources\/blueskyLMS\/clc\/diversity-equity-inclusion-in-multi-generation-workforce.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">urged<\/a> employers on its website to implement a &ldquo;DEI strategy&rdquo; that it said will improve workplace return on investment. To Republicans, corporate DEI policies are discriminatory because they focus on biological factors instead of merit.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The DEI grift is what is known as a self<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-edited-paper-by-nih-funded-group-tied-to-wuhan-lab\/\" title=\"Fauci Edited Paper by NIH-Funded Group Tied to Wuhan Lab\">-licking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/review-jordan-b-petersons-beyond-order-12-more-rules-for-life\/\" title=\"Review: Jordan B. Peterson\u2019s \u2018Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life\u2019\">ice cream cone<\/a><\/a>,&rdquo; said Tom Jones, president of the conservative American Accountability Foundation, a nonprofit group.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;DEI programs serve no other practical purpose than to perpetuate DEI programs and DEI practitioners,&rdquo; Jones told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;It should come as no surprise that the APHA is suing DOGE when DOGE threatened to take away its ice cream cone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1940523\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1940523\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group suing DOGE received millions in DEI funds now at risk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2395940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Elon-Musk-DOGE-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12577,47954,23466,49317,32076],"class_list":["post-2395939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-dei-grants","tag-doge","tag-plaintiff","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Elon-Musk-DOGE-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395939"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395943,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395939\/revisions\/2395943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}