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Trump kills broadband grants, calls digital equity program “racist and illegal”

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President Donald Trump says he is killing a broadband grant program that was authorized by Congress .

The Digital Equity Act provided $2.75 billion for three grant programs.

The law allows for grants benefitting a wide range of Americans who lack reliable and affordable Internet access.

Advocacy group Public Knowledge calls the move "blatantly unconstitutional".