## Court says Trump admin illegally blocked billions in clean energy grants to Democratic states

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A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

The grants supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, including battery plants, hydrogen technology projects, upgrades to the electric grid and efforts to capture carbon dioxide emissions.

The Energy Department said the projects were terminated after a review determined they did not adequately advance the nation’s energy needs or were not economically viable.

The ruling was the second legal setback for the administration’s rollback of clean energy program in a matter of hours.

A spokesman for the Energy Department said officials disagree with the judge’s decision on clean energy grants.

Anne Evens, CEO of Elevate Energy, one of the groups that lost funding, said the court ruling would help keep clean energy affordable and create jobs. »

### US official says Greenland action could come within 'weeks or months'

Authored by usatoday.com

AI-assisted summary A senior administration official says U.S. action on Greenland could happen within "weeks or months.".

Denmark and Greenland have said Greenland is not for sale.

He also said he did not expect Trump to back down on his quest to take control of Greenland. »

### “I will allow them if they are white”: Donald Trump cuts a deal to bring white South Africans to the U.S.

Authored by wtfdetective.blog

The initiative, launched under President Donald Trump, targets white South Africans of Afrikaner descent, whom his administration claims are facing race-based persecution under constitutional and human-rights law in a majority-Black South Africa.

During a May 2025 bilateral meeting, Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with claims of “white genocide,” raising diplomatic and international law concerns.

Tensions escalated in mid-December when South African authorities conducted a law-enforcement raid on a U.S. refugee processing site in Johannesburg operating under cross-border immigration agreements. »

### The Xbox Developer Direct will feature a secret fourth game

Authored by videogameschronicle.com

The upcoming Xbox Developer Direct will feature a currently unannounced fourth game.

VGC can corroborate this and understands that the fourth game is a smaller-scale original game from one of Xbox Game Studios’ first-party developers.

The Xbox Developer Direct will also include “the first in-depth look” at Beast of Reincarnation, the new game from Game Freak. »

### 'Help is on its way': Trump urges Iran protesters to take over institutions

Authored by iranintl.com

"Iran has fallen into an organized silence," Ebadi wrote on Instagram.

"This is organized killing, with direct fire, under the cover of an internet shutdown," she wrote.

She called for the immediate restoration of internet access, an independent international investigation and the documentation and prosecution of those responsible. »

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