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A federal court ruled that DOGE lacked statutory authority to terminate National Endowment for the Humanities grants and that using ChatGPT to label projects as 'DEI' was arbitrary and unconstitutional, finding the actions violated due process and amounted to viewpoint discrimination against disfavored ideas.
U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that DOGE's 2025 termination of National Endowment for the Humanities grants to ACLS, AHA, and MLA was unlawful and unconstitutional, lacking statutory authority and violating First Amendment and equal-protection rights; the decision notes DOGE staff in their 20s with little humanities experience and that they used ChatGPT to justify DEI-based terminations without reviewing applications, and it blocks enforcement while the Authors Guild case proceeds.
The National Endowment for the Humanities' spending plan reserves $2 million in special initiative funds and $13 million in matching funds for President Trump's proposed Independence Arch in Arlington, Virginia, signaling taxpayer support for the project even as total costs and private funding details remain unclear. The arch, modeled after the Arc de Triomphe and meant to commemorate the 250th anniversary, would sit along a flight path to Reagan National Airport, with potential private contributions from leftover White House ballroom funds.