Trump administration officials suggested funding research on crime against Afrikaners in South Africa.

“It’s laughable to suggest that on the African continent, the prime issue of human rights concern is whites in South Africa,” one expert said.
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Trump Administration Suggested Funding Afrikaner Group in South Africa — ProPublica

The billions of dollars Congress has allocated for foreign aid programs must be spent. One proposal from the Trump administration suggested funding research on crime against Afrikaners in South Africa.

^{Sharon Lerner (ProPublica)}

A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding.

One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, the so-called “God particle,” explains how the move would’ve stifled that breakthrough.
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New Trump Rule Could Exclude U.S. Scientists From Critical Discoveries — ProPublica

A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled that breakthrough.

^{Lisa Song (ProPublica)}

White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants

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Did the White House illegally cancel CA research grants? - CalMatters

Federal agencies used keyword searches to cancel grants en masse rather than reviewing them individually on their merits, lawsuit alleges.

^{Mikhail Zinshteyn (CalMatters)}