Judge extends pause on Trump's NIH medical research grant cuts

A Massachusetts federal judge extended a pause on the Trump administration’s efforts to cap the indirect costs paid to grant recipients from the National Institutes of Health. The cap could save upward of $4 billion per year.

The pause was scheduled to expire on Monday but will now continue until U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley can make a final decision. The cap is another effort from the federal government to cut costs at the beginning of the new administration.