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Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Slashing NIH Funding in 22 States That Sued

A federal district judge granted a temporary restraining order Monday, blocking the Trump administration from making drastic cuts to biomedical research funding in 22 states that banded together to sue. Judge Angel Kelley, in federal district court in Massachusetts, ordered the National Institutes of Health not to implement a funding change the agency had announced Friday night, which would dramatically reduce funding to universities and other research organizations for indirect costs related to research. University leaders announced Monday that they were also suing to halt the cuts, with a lawsuit that has the potential to be more far-reaching because the organizations filing it have nationwide reach.


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