A proposed rule would radically transform how grant award decisions are made, allowing them to be based on purely political calculations — including who receives funds, what is required of grantees, and when grants can be cancelled — introducing an enormous risk of capriciousness,

San Francisco has joined four other cities in a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security regarding the possible freezing of funds for counterterrorism efforts. San Francisco receives more than $1 million a year from the "Securing the Cities" program used to detect and prevent terrorist and nuclear attacks.

The Senate has passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agencies after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill.