* The New York Post…

President Trump’s budget office is instructing the Department of Transportation and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to claw back more than $1.5 billion from blue states on grounds the money was being mishandled, officials told The Post.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) told the DOT Wednesday to cancel more than $943 million, while the CDC was ordered to nix at least $602 million meant for California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota.

An OMB spokesperson said that the states were being targeted for “waste and mismanagement” of taxpayer funds.

Illinois was slated to receive the largest of the transportation-related grants, with $100 million provided to the state’s Environmental Protection Agency to build electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. A DOT spokesman confirmed the cuts were being carried out. […]

Additionally, the feds would pull $4.9 million from Colorado’s Boulder County meant for EV chargers “in low and moderate-income neighborhoods,” and Illinois would have to forgo $3.6 million for a research study aimed at translating the Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) test into Spanish.

* The New York Times…

The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants “inconsistent with agency priorities,” according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.

The programs slated to be cut are in California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota. They include grants to state and local public health departments as well as to some nongovernmental organizations. A list of the cuts was shared with relevant congressional committees on Monday. […]

Much of the rescinded money comprised large grants to health departments. Among the cuts to partner organizations were:

- $7.2 million from the American Medical Association in Illinois, which supports gender transitions for children;

- $5.2 million from Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago for increasing H.I.V. prevention therapy among Black women;

* A Pritzker spokesperson said they have not received any notice of the cuts…

“Time and time again, the Trump Administration has attempted to politicize and punish certain states President Trump does not like. It’s wrong and often illegal, so Illinois will always fight for the resources and services our taxpayers are owed. As with most news, we have not been notified as the Governor’s Office receives information and communications from the White House through TruthSocial and media reports.”