The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is “considering” whether to ask the Supreme Court to pause a lower court injunction blocking its bid to ax “climate” grants for nongovernmental groups. In a statement to The Federalist, an EPA representative said that the agency is “reviewing” a Tuesday decision by the en banc D.C. Circuit Court of […]
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya will testify Thursday morning before the Senate Appropriations Committee on President Trump's fiscal 2027 budget request. The White House is seeking a $5 billion reduction in funding for the NIH next year, including cuts to grant and research programs the administration argues "broke the trust of the American people with wasteful spending, misleading information, risky research, and the promotion of dangerous ideologies that undermine public health." The budget hearing comes as questions swirl around the hantavirus after several people died aboard a cruise ship after contracting the virus. Bhattacharya, who is also serving as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control…