Trump wants to politicize $1 trillion in grants. This time, scientists aren’t the only ones fighting back.

If all goes the Trump administration’s way, political appointees will soon gain unprecedented control over the money the federal government doles out in grants: more than $1 trillion per year. Scientists have banded together to fight the proposal, this time with local governments, nonprofit groups and even medical patients alongside them.

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