The Supreme Court cleared President Donald Trump to cut $783 million in NIH diversity-linked research grants in a 5–4 ruling that overturned lower court blocks.

The nation's highest court has lifted a federal judge’s order blocking $783 million worth of cuts made by the National Institutes of Health to align with Republican President Donald Trump’s priorities.

The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to axe $783 million in federal research funding, reversing a lower court’s decision that required the National Institutes of Health to keep funding the terminated grants.