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Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control

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  1. The Hillseen 23 Sept, 04:20description edited
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    Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Tuesday urged Trump administration officials to not proceed with an executive order that would give the White House political control over scientific grants at the National Institutes of Health. In a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought and National Institutes of Health Director...

    Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on Tuesday urged Trump administration officials to not proceed with an executive order that would give the White House political control over scientific grants at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought and NIH...

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Sun, 20 September 2026peak 6 reports on Sun, 20 September 2026Fri, 9 October 2026

What it is about

TrumpVoughtPoliticoNIHThe Washington PostWhite HouseOval OfficeDonald TrumpAmeričkiNacionalni instituti za zdravljeRuss VoughtJay BhattacharyaAndrew Harnik GettyJayanta BhattacharyaNational Institutes Of HealthOffice Of ManagementHarvard UniversityCenters For DiseaseHuman ServicesWashington, Washington, United States

Who published it, and when

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kfdm.com1 original report
The Guardian World1 original report
PBS NewsHour1 original report
The Hill3 original reports1 original report - edited after publishing1 original report
wkms.org1 copy echoing NPR News
wamc.org1 copy echoing NPR News
wemu.org1 copy echoing NPR News
wgcu.org1 copy echoing NPR News
timesleader.com1 original report
20 Sept, 19:15over 17 days8 Oct, 03:00

12 reports left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place

How it spread - 21 original reports, 4 reprints

  1. Sun, 20 September 2026

    6 reports
  2. Mon, 21 September 2026

    6 reports
    • Google News - Top Stories03:33

      White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants nytimes.com Trump reportedly to form health funding board that could veto ‘woke’ initiatives The Guardian Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control politico.com NIH Director Bhattacharya Refuses Trump Demand to Cut Harvard Funding, Politico Reports The Harvard Crimson White House budget chief pushes for scrutiny of NIH grants in Oval Office clash The Washington Post

    • PBS NewsHour18:22

      Sens. Susan Collins and Patty Murray are rejecting efforts by the Trump administration to give the White House control of National Institutes of Health grant funding.

    • The Hill18:45

      The Trump administration is reportedly putting together an executive order to move the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) grant approval process away from the agency and giving political appointees more control. Reports emerged over the weekend that the Oval Office was considering enforcing more political oversight into NIH's grantmaking process. The Washington Post was first...

    • politicalwire.com19:32

      "Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) warned Monday that President Donald Trump would be defying Congress if he moves forward with empowering top political appointees to decide who gets grant funding for health research," Politico reports.Said Collins: "Any attempt to politicize grantmak

    • The Hill20:02

      Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke out Monday against the White House's reported plans to give political appointees more control over the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) grantmaking process. Multiple outlets reported over the weekend that the White House is planning to impose more political oversight...

    • The Hill22:58

      Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Trump reportedly looking to take over NIH grantmaking Dissatisfied with how grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are being awarded, the Trump administration reportedly began discussions over the weekend to add more political influence over how the funds...

  3. Tue, 22 September 2026

    1 report
    • The Hill20:43edited after publishing

      Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on Tuesday urged Trump administration officials to not proceed with an executive order that would give the White House political control over scientific grants at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought and NIH...

  4. Wed, 23 September 2026

    1 report
    • The Hill19:18

      The White House is backing down from a plan to issue an executive order that would give the White House control over scientific grants from the National Institutes of Health, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said. Collins, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has been pressuring the White House Office of Management and Budget all week...

  5. Thu, 24 September 2026

    1 report
  6. Wed, 30 September 2026

    2 reports
    • fda.gov16:45

      The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a broad, nationwide recruitment effort to expand the range of qualified voices and perspectives on its advisory committees— the independent bodies that inform some of the most consequential decisions in American public health.

    • Axios19:00

      The Trump administration on Wednesday is launching an effort to reimagine the way clinical trials are designed, with a goal of drastically reducing the time and money it takes to develop new drugs. Why it matters: The program, shared first with Axios, could provide a template for reconfiguring the drug development process and boosting U.S. competitiveness in the global biotech race. Driving the news: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health...

  7. Wed, 7 October 2026

    2 reports
    • NYT World16:33

      The networks also develop treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine.

    • The Hill21:26

      The Trump administration violated federal law by withholding tens of millions of dollars in research grant funding Congress had appropriated for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), according to a federal watchdog report. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Wednesday found the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) violated the Impoundment Control...

  8. Thu, 8 October 2026

    1 report
  9. Fri, 9 October 2026

    1 report

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