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White House plan to control NIH grants appears dead

9/24/2026

A planned executive order that would have significantly expanded White House influence over National Institutes of Health grants is likely not moving forward.

This development was reported by one person familiar with the decision, who was not authorized to speak with the media, and by Sen.

Collins serves as the chair of the Appropriations Committee and had previously urged federal officials to abandon the proposal.

The controversy centered on a White House plan to create a commission composed of political appointees.

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