Under pressure from Congress, President Donald Trump’s administration has reversed course after halting spending at the National Institutes of Health.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had been clamoring for cash to flow while warning that the White House budget office’s decisions have been contributing to a chaotic state of affairs that agitated elected officials in states where jobs rely on NIH dollars.
Budget officials at NIH announced internally Tuesday that the White House was barring the agency from disbursing funds on things like research and training.
Following a swift outcry on Capitol Hill, the Office of Management and Budget then…
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