Kaul sues Trump administration over USDA funding

Attorney General Josh Kaul co-led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over new funding conditions imposed on all U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, grants, cooperative agreements, and similar financial awards. The lawsuit asserts that USDA is attempting to condition the states’ receipt of billions of dollars of federal funding on the states’ agreement to a new set of vague and unreasoned terms relating to immigration, diversity, equity, and gender identity, and which are unrelated to the purpose of USDA funding. The lawsuit asks the court to block USDA from imposing the grant conditions.