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NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds

NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds

The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer’s and allergies.
by Rob Stein

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Here's what to know about Germany's election this Sunday

Here's what to know about Germany's election this Sunday

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on the minds of German voters. The far-right AfD is polling in second place.
by Rob Schmitz

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The Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office

The Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office

The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda.
by The Associated Press

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Senate Republicans approve budget framework, pushing past Democratic objections after all-night vote

Senate Republicans approve budget framework, pushing past Democratic objections after all-night vote

The early Friday vote was a key step toward providing money the Trump administration says it needs funds for mass deportations and security measures that top the Republican agenda.
by The Associated Press

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First CDC vaccine meeting under Trump administration is postponed

First CDC vaccine meeting under Trump administration is postponed

The panel of vaccine experts were supposed to hold their first meeting under the Trump administration in late February. It’s not clear when that meeting will now take place.
by Will Stone

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Bill that would make more attorney general data public fails in Minnesota House vote

Bill that would make more attorney general data public fails in Minnesota House vote

House Republicans pushed for a vote on a bill to require the attorney general’s office, occupied now by DFLer Keith Ellison, to be more forthcoming with records. Democrats framed it as a partisan measure.
by Peter Cox

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