Trump admin vows to stop reparations programs, accuses officials of 'virtue signaling' to get 'votes'

The Trump administration's Department of Justice (DOJ) is challenging a reparations program in Evanston, Illinois, arguing it unlawfully distributes public benefits based on race and ancestry. The DOJ claims the program violates the Equal Protection Clause and the Fair Housing Act by using race as the sole qualifying factor for $25,000 housing grants to Black residents or their descendants.