Trump's DEI order leaves academic researchers fearful of political influence over grants
President Donald Trump’s order declaring diversity, equity and inclusion policies illegal has thrown into doubt the future of research Kendra Dahmer has been doing on intestinal parasites in India and ...
Trump official’s directive tying transportation grants to birth rates could hinder blue states
U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, a Maryland Democrat, said he feared Duffy’s directives would harm some grants already announced — ...
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave ...
Major federal boost to Spokane's tree planting effort could be on chopping block
As much as $48 million in federal grants slated to come to Spokane for various projects remains held up amid confusion over President Donald Trump's funding freeze put into place last week by ...
Here Are All The Major Lawsuits Against Trump And Musk—As Judge Halts Some USAID Staff Cuts
Lawsuits have been filed against a number of other Trump administration directives in cases that haven’t resulted in any ...
Claims about USAID funding are spreading online. Many are not based on facts
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, false and misleading information is being pushed on social media to support the change, much of it spread ...
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Democratic states sue Trump administration over order to halt funding for gender-affirming care
Three Democratic states sued the Trump administration on Friday over its order to ban federal funding for gender-affirming ...
USDA freezes farmer funding for some programs, conservation contracts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances from the Trump administration that programs helping farmers would not be ...
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NIH scraps program to diversify the biomedical workforce, a longtime goal of science
Applications for a prestigious NIH grant that supports Ph.D. students from marginalized backgrounds are not being funded.
UC students sue education department over DOGE’s access to private financial aid data
California students sue Education Dept. over fears of Musk's access to loan data as congress members hold D.C. protest.
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Brown urges U.S. court to ensure continued flow of federal funding to support high-impact research
A declaration from the University’s vice president for research outlined impacts to research that benefits Rhode Island and the nation, should a federal pause on financial assistance take effect.