A federal judge issued an injunction stopping the Trump administration and federal agencies from withholding or conditioning grants to the University of California system without required hearings and notice. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin found evidence that the administration pursued a coordinated campaign to target ‘woke’ or left-leaning viewpoints at premier public universities and described agency actions toward UC as coercive and retaliatory. The order halts efforts to force UCLA to pay a $1.2 billion demand and prevents blanket denials of future grants while litigation and settlement talks proceed. The ruling directly affects NIH, NSF, DOE and other research funders and restores stability for UC researchers who had seen funding paused amid civil-rights probes.