Musk/Trump Kill Science Funding (Except SpaceX)

Ironically, Musk, whose own businesses have flourished in the spaces of science and technology, is leading the Department of Government Efficiency, which has reportedly hit both spheres especially hard: On Friday evening, the National Institutes of Health announced that it was drastically cutting grant provisions for roughly 2,500 recipients by capping “indirect funding” at 15%, all for a yearly savings of about $4 billion. A person with knowledge of the matter told The Wall Street Journal that DOGE had a hand in the cuts.

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