Trump admin slashes $400 million in grants and contracts from Columbia University over attacks from anti-Israel protesters
Trump administration announcement The end of Columbia University's $400 million worth of grants and contracts after the facility failed to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitic attacks. The cuts were made by the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education and the U.S. Office of General Services, according to […]
Trump cuts $400 million in grants to Columbia over antisemitism concerns
First on FOX: The Trump administration announced Friday that it would withdraw more than $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University, citing concerns over rising anti-Semitism on campus and its failure to address it. Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Education (DOED), and the U.S. General Services Agency (GSA) […]
Federal judge blocks NIH from implementing 15% indirect cost rate for grants
A federal judge blocked the National Institutes of Health from implementing policies to suppress how much it pays for indirect costs associated with grants. Last month, NIH announced plans to set a 15% rate nationwide. “The United States needs to do the best medical research in the world. Therefore, it is important to ensure that […]
DOGE says it canceled grants that were used for trans animal studies
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DOGE Cancels NIH Grants for Transgender Experiments on Animals
This week, Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced the cancellation of several National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants directed at transgender experiments in animals. In a speech by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, he laid out various Doge discoveries and read some of the ways in which the US government wasted US taxpayer dollars. It included grants […]
VA Gov. Youngkin Grants Clemency to Ex-Cop Convicted in Unarmed Man’s Death
Virginia's Republican governor granted leniency on Sunday to a former police officer sentenced to prison in connection with the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in 2023. Gov. Glenn Youngkin's decision comes two days after 36-year-old Wesley Shiflett was sentenced three years after Barr, Fox News It has been reported on tuesday. Shiflett was found […]
Youngkin grants clemency to fired police sergeant convicted of killing unarmed man
Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin admitted to being fired police sergeant days after police were sentenced to prison in connection with the murder of an unarmed man accused of stealing his sunglasses. Wesley Shiflett, 36, was sentenced to three years on Friday after being convicted of recklessly treating a firearm on February 22, 2023, killing […]
Columbia’s grants, contracts under review for ‘failure’ to protect Jewish students
Columbia University said it is “fully committed to fighting anti-Semitism” after three federal agencies announced they would consider school contracts and grants after they failed to protect Jewish students during on-campus protests against Israel. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (DOE) and the U.S. General Services Agency (GSA) said they […]
Sen. Roger Marshall introduces bill to ban federal grants for ‘dangerous’ gain-of-function research
WASHINGTON – Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan) on Wednesday bans federal grants heading for research into all “dangerous” gains of function on the virus, according to a copy of the law exclusively obtained by the Post. I moved to do so. The Get-of-Function Research Moratorium Act for Dangerous Virus Prohibits taxpayer money from contributing to experiments […]
EPA cancels millions in Biden-era environmental grants
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working with Elon Musk's cost-cutting division to pull back environmental grants issued by the former Democratic administration. The EPA and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is President Donald Trump's newly formed division aimed at reducing federal spending, and recently the Biden administration allocated $77.1 million on “environmental justice.” […]