A federal judge ruled Monday it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants, adding that the cuts raise serious questions about racial discrimination.

A federal judge ruled directives from the Trump administration that led to the cancellations of research grants from the NIH were "void" and "illegal."

A federal judge ordered the National Institutes of Health to reinstate hundreds of research grants, ruling the Trump administration’s widespread attempt to terminate funding that clashed with its agenda illegal on Monday.