Most shocking to CARD workers was the termination of lead researcher Kendall Van Keuren-Jensen, who was announced internally as the organization's next acting director and was expected to bring significant advancements to the research field. "It's just jaw-dropping," an upper-level CARD employee told ABC News of Van Keuren-Jensen's firing.

The new National Institutes of Health policy would strip research groups of hundreds of millions of dollars to cover so-called indirect expenses of studying Alzheimer’s, cancer, heart disease and a host of other illnesses — anything from clinical trials of new treatments to basic lab research that is the foundation for discoveries.

The planned $4 billion cut in funding for scientific inquiry to the nation’s universities and academic medical institutions will have devastating consequences on research into treatments for such conditions as diabetes,

President Donald Trump’s administration has created an existential crisis for several government agencies and departments — few more critical than the National Institutes of Health.

A federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily blocked the cuts from taking effect earlier this month in response to separate lawsuits filed by a group of 22 states plus organizations representing universities,

A federal judge is extending a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration’s cuts to overhead research funds at the National Institutes of Health after weighing arguments at a Friday hearing.

U.S. District Judge Adam B. Abelson granted a preliminary injunction, blocking portions of Trump’s orders to cancel federal contracts concerning DEI and make government contractors certify that they do not engage in DEI practices that violate anti-discrimination laws.

How much has been cut or halted remains unclear; the Trump administration has not released a comprehensive, reliable accounting.

President Donald Trump said he's considering a plan to pay out $5,000 stimulus checks to taxpayers in the form of a 'DOGE dividend' during a speech.

By blocking announcements in the Federal Register, the administration is keeping experts from meeting to evaluate funding proposals.