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$15 billion in NIH funding frozen, then thawed Tuesday in ongoing power war | NIH leaders got funding-pause memo Tuesday afternoon. Trump admin then backpedaled.
NIH leaders got funding-pause memo Tuesday afternoon. Trump admin then backpedaled.
Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), during a television interview at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, July 7, 2025. Credit: Getty | Al Drago Amid the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to wrest the power of the purse from Congress, an estimated $15 billion allotted by lawmakers to fund life-saving biomedical research via the National Institutes of Health was temporarily frozen and then said to be released Tuesday. In June, The Washington Post reported that members of the Trump administration, including Vought, are aiming to challenge and undermine a 1974 budget law, known as the Impoundment Act, that prevents the president from unilaterally overturning spending decisions made by Congress.
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