Collins: White House backing down from NIH grant order

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White House Headlines - September 23, 2026

White House Headlines - September 23, 2026

The White House is backing down from a plan to issue an executive order that would give the White House control over scientific grants from the National Institutes of Health, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said. 

Collins, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has been pressuring the White House Office of Management and Budget all week to drop the idea, and said officials conveyed........

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