Trump Administration Admits in Court Filing It Canceled $7.5B in Clean Energy Grants Based on State Partisanship

In a July 2026 federal court filing, the Department of Energy acknowledged canceling over $7.5 billion in clean energy grants based solely on whether recipient states voted for Trump in 2024 — not on any programmatic, statutory, or performance-based criteria. The DOE had previously framed the cancellations as saving taxpayer dollars from waste. A DOE spokesperson disputed the characterization on July 24.