Trump Appeals to Top Court Order Reinstating NIH Research Grants

The Trump administration is asking the US Supreme Court to pause an order that restores previously slashed NIH grants focused on gender and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The application to stay filed Thursday by the US Department of Justice argues that orders in two separate cases filed by Democratic-led states and health groups should be paused and need the high court’s intervention.

“The district court orally directed the government to reinstate respondents’ grants over a month ago,” the DOJ said in the motion. “Yet the court waited over two weeks to issue a reasoned written decision, and the court of ...