( January 9, 2026, 9:21 AM EST) -- SEATTLE — A federal judge in a Washington state District Court denied a motion filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to transfer to the District of Columbia a lawsuit filed by several states over the federal government’s termination of a series of grants designed to bring solar energy and cost savings to low-income residents, finding that the government did not meet first-to-file rule framework nor show that the District of Columbia is a more convenient forum....