The NIH under the Trump administration wants to cut the money it adds to federal research grants to cover laboratory costs and other institutional overhead. Of the $35 billion NIH spent last year, 25% went to indirect costs. The NIH under the Trump administration wants to cut that to 15%, potentially saving billions of dollars. […]
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Are pennies worth it? Trump’s plan to scrap them didn’t come out of nowhere
President Trump isn’t the first politician to call for the end of the penny — but getting rid of it may not be easy. The value of the 1-cent coin has been debated for decades.
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Why many Republicans think shrinking Medicaid will make it better
Republicans proposals to change the public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans could amount to more than $2 trillion of cuts over the next decade.
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Morale plummets at the CDC as staff fear job losses
Staff at the CDC are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting staff with the fewest worker protections.
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Rape crisis centers see funding delays amid Trump administration spending upheaval
Groups addressing sexual violence report not getting expected payments from grants that they depend on to keep running.
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Immigrant parents fear ICE will take action at local schools
Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Immigrant support organizations, who wished to remain unnamed due to concerns of being targeted, throughout Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts say they’ve received a large number of calls and messages from parents who are concerned that their children may be apprehended by ICE either at school, or on […]
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Senate Democrats call for answers on health communications freeze and funding delays
Two letters from different groups of senators call for answers from the Trump administration about pauses in scientific communications and funding.
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A sense of foreboding hangs over the National Institutes of Health
There’s widespread confusion and fear among scientists and doctors on the sprawling National Institutes of Health campus and at institutions dependent on the agency’s funding.
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Fiscal general de Rhode Island dice que una congelación de fondos sigue siendo una amenaza
Click here to listen and read in English. En las menos de dos semanas que lleva el presidente Trump en cargo del país, ha firmado una cantidad vertiginosa de órdenes ejecutivas y cambios de políticas, ha realizado cambios radicales en inmigración, el ejército, la política exterior y más. El Fiscal General de Rhode Island, Peter […]
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Trump’s pulling a U-turn on EVs, but not much has changed — yet
President Trump has charted a new course for electric vehicle policy in the U.S. While the direction is clear, the details aren’t.
