Judge blocks Trump from withholding sexual education grants

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from requiring state sexual education programs to remove references to gender identity to continue receiving federal grants.

Judge Ann Aiken of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon granted a request on Monday from Democrat-led states, including Oregon, Washington, New York, and Maryland, along with the District of Columbia, to halt conditions placed on the grants by the Department of Health and Human Services in August, finding that the administration’s conditions amount to unlawful “sex discrimination.”