“A Five-Alarm Fire”: Trump’s OMB Just Rewrote the Rules for $1 Trillion in Federal Grants, Handing Political Appointees Power to Kill Science Funding at Will

"A Five-Alarm Fire": Trump's OMB Just Rewrote the Rules for $1 Trillion in Federal Grants, Handing Political Appointees Power to Kill Science Funding at Will

Published by TrenBuzz.com | June 2, 2026 Key Points at a Glance – Trump’s OMB Just Rewrote In Washington, they call it “uniform guidance.” Scientists across America are calling it something else entirely. President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday moved to give political appointees more power over the billions of dollars in grants awarded by … Read more