Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown is co-leading a lawsuit filed Tuesday against the Trump administration in an effort to reinstate billions of dollars in health grants for states that were abruptly terminated under the Department of Health and Human Services.

Washington state is among 24 states suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in an effort to block its sudden termination of $11 billion in grant funding for public health agencies.

Washington was among 23 states that sued the Trump administration Tuesday over the cancellation of $12 billion in federal funding to address infectious diseases, substance abuse and mental illness, in