Judge Sides with Trump, Rejects States' Diversity Research Funding Bid

A judge has decided that a group of states can't force the government to give money back to programs that help people from different backgrounds study science, math, and engineering.

These states had sued because they thought the government shouldn't have stopped funding these programs.

The judge, who was chosen by Trump, agreed with the government, saying that the states went to the wrong court to make their case.

The government stopped giving money to these programs because of a new rule that said research projects should not give special treatment to certain groups of people.

The states argued that this new rule went against the law, but the judge said that the government still funds these kinds of programs.