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Thu Aug 21, 2025, 06:02 PM Aug 2025

Supreme Court lets Trump admin cut off health grants it says advance DEI or 'gender ideology extremism' [View all]

The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to cut off health research grants it contends advance diversity, equity and inclusion efforts or promote “gender ideology extremism.”

By a 5-4 vote, the justices lifted an order a federal court judge in Boston issued forcing the National Institutes of Health to restore funding for more than 1,700 grants focused on heart disease, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, alcohol and substance abuse and mental health issues.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/21/supreme-court-nih-funding-grants-00518782
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