The judge accused the Trump administration of discriminating against racial minorities and L.G.B.T.Q. people and ordered the government to restore much of the funding.

A Massachusetts federal judge has declared the Trump administration's cuts to National Institutes of Health grants are "illegal" and "void," and ordered many of the grants be restored, Politico reported on Monday.

A federal judge Monday ordered the National Institutes of Health to restore grants that the agency cut based on gender ideology or diversity, equity and inclusion, calling the move illegal. Why it matters: Hundreds of millions of dollars in medical research funding cited in the lawsuit are at stake,