WashingtonOne committee could reject any of 64,000 yearly National Institutes of Health grants.

The agency’s $47 billion budget exceeds that of the next 10 research funders combined.

Under a draft executive order, grants need unanimous sign-off from a panel including budget chief Russell Vought and agency director Jay Bhattacharya.

Congress has already rejected Vought’s proposed near-halving of its funding and put his political grant rule on hold.

Courts can intervene only after someone shows enough harm to sue.

How each outlet framed it
Ars Technica leans critical
OMB head Vought seeks individual grant veto over $47B NIH budget, targeting pandemic/climate research as 'woke'

Sources: Ars Technica