A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to reinstate $500 million in federal research grants to the University of California, Los Angeles, ruling that the government likely violated the law when it froze the funding. US District Judge Rita Lin issued a preliminary injunction in San Francisco, saying the suspensions breached the Administrative Procedure Act, which requires agencies to follow specific procedures and provide detailed justifications. Instead, UCLA was notified through broad form letters that failed to explain why the grants were halted. The frozen funding, largely tied to National Institutes of Health projects, supported medical research on Parkinson’s disease, cancer recovery, and nerve regeneration. UCLA leaders warned the suspension could have devast

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