By Megan Molteni, Anil Oza, Angus Chen, and Jonathan Wosen
Mark Schiefelbein/AP
A sweeping new executive order aims to fundamentally rewrite the rules that for decades have guided research grant decisions, giving President Trump’s political appointees unprecedented power over the projects agencies fund.
The executive power grab, which experts expect to be challenged in court, is likely to have massive and immediate impacts on the daily operations of American science.
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