DOGE’s ChatGPT-driven grant cuts put Asian American history at risk

Deposition videos of two former DOGE employees, Justin Fox and Nate Cavanaugh, have gone viral online.

Mar 16, 2026

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Justin Fox (left) and Nate Cavanaugh (right). Image via American Council of Learned Societies

Court depositions have exposed how ChatGPT became the tool for gutting more than $100 million in National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants, including projects on Asian American history in what scholars say are unconstitutional violations.

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