Capitol Hill House committee’s FY26 spending bill increases NCI funding by $48M, NIH by $99MHouse joins Senate in rejecting Trump’s proposed 40% NIH cuts September 05, 2025Vol.51 No.32By Jacquelyn Cobb and Paul Goldberg
Capitol Hill With CDC in free fall, RFK Jr. faces bipartisan rebuke at Senate hearingKennedy calls CDC “the most corrupt agency at HHS and maybe the government.” September 05, 2025Vol.51 No.32By Claire Marie Porter
Capitol Hill GOP-led Congress rejects Trump’s plans to gut medical researchSenate bill gives NIH a $400 million raise August 01, 2025Vol.51 No.30By Paul Goldberg
Capitol Hill At House hearing, Democrats clash with RFK Jr. over “radical obstruction of congressional oversight,” vaccine policiesRep. Lori Trahan: “People are going to die” June 27, 2025Vol.51 No.25By Claire Marie Porter
Capitol Hill Senators slam Bhattacharya for deflecting responsibility for NIH cuts, upheavalSusan Collins: Trump’s 40% cut is “so disturbing” June 13, 2025Vol.51 No.23By Claire Marie Porter
Capitol Hill Grilled by Congress, Kennedy defends NIH and NCI budget cuts, freezes, and RIFsTo avoid “offending” pharma, NCI doesn’t study the causes of early-onset colon cancer, HHS secretary incorrectly alleges May 16, 2025Vol.51 No.19By Jacquelyn Cobb and Claire Marie Porter
Capitol Hill NIH cuts threaten U.S. edge in biomedical research: “We are giving China the opportunity of a lifetime”Cancer research also took center stage at Senate appropriations hearing May 02, 2025Vol.51 No.17By Claire Marie Porter
Capitol Hill Kennedy announces massive cuts, centralization at HHS—NCI and FDA hitAlso this week: Columbia yields, Makary and Bhattacharya confirmed, tariffs on pharmaceuticals, and more changes impacting oncology March 28, 2025Vol.51 No.12By Claire Marie Porter and Jacquelyn Cobb
Capitol Hill Bhattacharya provides calm answers to anxious questions at confirmation hearingTrump nominee for NIH director calls for transparency, audits of indirect costs March 07, 2025Vol.51 No.09By Jacquelyn Cobb
Capitol Hill Pushing for tax cuts, Trump threatens the federal workforce, Medicaid, and cancer research February 28, 2025Vol.51 No.08By Paul Goldberg and Jacquelyn Cobb
