Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Trump reportedly to form health funding board that could veto ‘woke’ initiatives

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Source: theguardian.com

<p>President’s latest order expected to bring NIH funding under control of Trump administration to align with agenda</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>’s latest executive order is expected to establish a board responsible for approving National Institutes of Health grant funding, marking another attempt by the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Trump administration</a> to censor topics that do not align with the president’s agenda.</p><p>The executive order, reported by outlets including <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/18/vought-pushes-scrutiny-nih-grants-oval-office-clash/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">the Washington Post</a> and <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/19/nih-grants-trump-vought-bhattacharya-harvard-01085413" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Politico</a>, was discussed in a meeting on Friday where senior administration officials accused the NIH of funding “woke” initiatives that went against Trump’s political priorities.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/trump-order-nih-health-research-funding-board" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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