Tag Archives: Federal Budget (US)

Court Halt on Trump Cuts for Medical Research Is Extended Nationwide

Court Halt on Trump Cuts for Medical Research Is Extended Nationwide

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to hold off on a plan that would cut $4 billion in federal funding for research at the nation’s universities, cancer centers and hospitals. The funds disbursed by the National Institutes of Health cover the administrative and overhead costs for a vast swath of biomedical research, some of which is directed at tackling …

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22 States Sue to Block Trump Cuts to Medical Research Funding

22 States Sue to Block Trump Cuts to Medical Research Funding

Nearly two dozen states sued the Trump administration and the National Institutes of Health on Monday to block a $4 billion cut to research funding that scientists say would cost thousands of jobs and eviscerate studies into treatments for cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease and a host of other ailments. The funding cuts were to take effect Monday. The attorneys general …

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Federal Debt Is Now Worrying Even Progressives

Federal Debt Is Now Worrying Even Progressives

The 119th Congress began, as it so often has in recent years, with calls from Republican politicians for wrestling down the national debt, which is near a record level relative to the size of the economy. But this time, the G.O.P. had company: Progressive economists and budget wonks, who have often dismissed finger-wagging about debt levels as a pretext for …

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