About two dozen states led by Democrats sued the Trump administration Tuesday over the dismantling of AmeriCorps, the 30-year-old federal agency for volunteer service, and over the cancellation of hundreds of millions of dollars in grant funding for state and community projects across the U.

California and nearly two dozen other states are suing the Trump administration over drastic cuts to the AmeriCorps agency.

The national community service agency supports more than 200,000 volunteers across the country but has been decimated by the president's cuts.