The Trump administration won a double-edged victory in a Massachusetts federal court on Thursday in a case over $600 million in canceled educational grants for elementary schools.

In a 36-page memorandum and order , U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley, a Joe Biden appointee, said the plaintiffs had failed to clear a substantial barrier to proceeding with their claims because the court itself lacked jurisdiction to hear the case. But, the judge said, the claims might be pursued in a different kind of court altogether.

But the court also said additional relief for the plaintiffs could very well be waiting in the wings due to subsequent motions practice.

A concomitant minute order surveys the landscape matter-of-factly.

"When all is said and done, grants to fund certain educational programs

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