NEWS: The White House admitted it targeted Blue states when slashing nearly $8B in clean energy grants.

The context: In Oct. 2025, the Trump administration axed funding for nearly 300 clean energy projects. The motivation? To save taxpayer money, the DOE originally claimed. 

The truth bomb: This move was actually “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state,” according to court documents shared by The New York Times. In fact, these documents reveal that the decision didn’t reflect the “DOE’s past or current agency priorities.”