Trump watch: 23 states and 2000 scientists sue president over cuts, WHO budget crisis deepens, and more

The District of Columbia and 23 US states have launched legal action against President Donald Trump's administration after the cancellation of $11bn (8.54bn; 10bn) in public health funding left over from the covid pandemic. 1 The funding was being used in programmes tracking the spread of disease and vaccine rollouts, as well as addiction and mental health services and others.The lawsuit, which asks the court to immediately block the funding cut, says that the federal government did not provide a "rational basis" or facts to support the cuts.The attorney generals representing these states said that the move would lead to "serious harm to public health" and would put states "at greater risk for future pandemics and the spread of otherwise preventable disease and cutting off vital public health services."California's attorney general, Rob Bonta,