Trump administration sued by 22 states over funding cuts to research projects

Twenty-two state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration’s decision to slash research funding by limiting how it pays out universities and research institutes for “indirect costs.” The lawsuit, which lists both the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services as plaintiffs, said the effect of the indirect rate changes announced Friday would be “immediate and devastating.” NIH announced Friday that it would limit indirect funding for research projects to 15%, dramatically slashing how much funding the federal government would provide to...