(The Center Square) – Spokane joined the ranks of others suing the Trump administration on Friday amid attempts to reduce federal spending after research institutions spent $9 billion in NIH grants on “indirect costs.”

The National Institutes of Health posted on X earlier this month that of the $35 billion it handed out in research grants last year, 25% went toward “administrative overhead.” In response, the NIH attempted to reduce its maximum indirect rate to 15%, which a federal judge blocked.