🔬 Science Sep 21, 2026 · John Timmer

Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants

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Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants
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On Friday, The Washington Post reported on a contentious White House meeting in which the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Jay Bhattacharya, tried to fend off yet another effort to place funding decisions under political control. The move came from Russell Vought, head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which has sought to limit and control research funds. The Post suggested that Bhattacharya ended up on the losing side of the fight.
This initial leak has been conf

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