{"podcast":{"title":"The College Investor Audio Show","slug":"the-college-investor-audio-show-414113","podcast_index_feed_id":414113,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-college-investor/","website_url":"https://thecollegeinvestor.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f3c20c77-1ea5-4d2e-a65a-e87b0a5c9f68/college-investor-podcast-cover-c1.png","author":"The College Investor","episode_count":1036,"summary":"The College Investor podcast is a daily audio show that's dedicated to bringing you the best of TheCollegeInvestor.com. We discuss a variety of topics, all relating to millennial money - including student loan debt, investing, earning more money, and more! Robert Farrington, the founder of The College Investor and a Millennial Money Expert, shares how to get out of student loan debt so that you can start investing and building wealth for the future. Instead of cutting expenses and living a frugal life, he advocates side hustling and entrepreneurship to earn extra money to achieve your financial goals.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T20:18:09.903988+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113"},"episode":{"title":"Federal Judge Rules Trump Administration Can’t Cancel Grants Over New Agency Priorities","slug":"federal-judge-rules-trump-administration-can-t-cancel-grants-over-new-agency-priorities","published_at":"2026-07-30T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113/federal-judge-rules-trump-administration-can-t-cancel-grants-over-new-agency-priorities","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113","url":"https://thecollegeinvestor.com/84806/federal-judge-rules-trump-administration-cant-cancel-grants-over-new-agency-priorities/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c2d45268-fa21-46f9-a4f7-209e5d1afc0d.mp3","summary":"Federal agencies cannot terminate grants simply because a new administration decides the money no longer matches its priorities, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of the District of Massachusetts granted summary judgment to a coalition of 20 states, the District of Columbia, and the governors of Kansas, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania in their lawsuit against the Office of Management and Budget, Director Russell Vought, and eleven grant-making agencies, including the Departments of Justice, Agriculture, and Homeland Security, the EPA, FEMA, the National Science Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The case turned on the \"Termination Clause\" in 2 C.F.R. § 200.340 , an OMB regulation that allows an agency to end a federal award that \"no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities.\" Since January 2025, agencies have cited that language to cancel billions of dollars in funding, often with termination letters stating only that the work no longer aligned with agency priorities.","meta_description":"Federal agencies cannot terminate grants simply because a new administration decides the money no longer matches its priorities, a federal judge ruled Fri…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":286,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113/episodes/federal-judge-rules-trump-administration-can-t-cancel-grants-over-new-agency-priorities/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113/federal-judge-rules-trump-administration-can-t-cancel-grants-over-new-agency-priorities.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}