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The DC Digest-April 25, 2025

  • NSF Director Resigns
  • Judge Temporarily Blocks Education Department from Enforcing DEI Rules
  • President Trump Signs EOs on Foreign Reporting, Accreditation
  • Trump Administration Reverses Terminations of Student Visa Registrations
  • Court Temporarily Blocks Administration from Revoking Legal Status of 133 International Students
  • State Department Releases Reorganization Plan
  • Post of the Week!

The DC Digest-April 22, 2025

  • NIH Halts Future Grants to Universities with DEI Programs, Israel Boycotts
  • OSTP Director Gives First Remarks 
  • Education Department to Begin Collecting on Federal Student Loan Defaults
  • Education Department to Probe Harvard Foreign Gifts Reporting
  • Harvard Files Suit Against Trump Administration Over Funding Freeze

The DC Digest-April 18, 2025

  • House Committees Schedule Reconciliation Package Markups
  • NSF Halts Grant Awards While Staff Do Second Review
  • Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order in Suit Challenging DOE F&A Cap
  • Post of the Week!

The DC Digest-April 15, 2025

  • DOE Issues Indirect Costs Cap, Universities, Higher Ed Organizations SueTrump Administration Appeals Federal Judge’s Permanent Injunction in Suit Challenging F&A Cap
  • Trump Admin Freezes Funds for Cornell, Northwestern, Harvard
  • Tillis, Cassidy Introduce the DETERRENT Act in Senate

The DC Digest-April 11, 2025

  • House Passes Budget Reconciliation Blueprint
  • Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Recommends 9% Increase for NIH in FY26
  • National Organizations Announce Joint Effort to Develop a New F&A Funding Model
  • RFK Jr. Postpones Appearance Before Senate HELP Committee
  • Congressional Biotech Calls for $15B Over Five Years to Catch Up to China
  • Post of the Week!

The DC Digest-April 8, 2025

  • Senate Advances Budget Resolution Over Weekend, House Expected to Vote This Week
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Puts Employees on Leave
  • NIH Cap Ban Upheld by Federal Judge, Headed for Appeals Court
  • Department of Education and DOJ Announce Title IX Special Investigations Team
  • Higher Ed Associations Write Letter on Visa Revocations

The DC Digest-April 4, 2025

  • Senate Budget Resolution Progress Update
  • HHS Staff Cuts and Lawsuit Filed Against NIH
  • Trump’s Department of Education Initiates Review of Student Aid Programs
  • Associations Endorse Tax-Free Pell Legislation
  • AAU Offers Support for International STEM Talent Legislation
  • Post of the Week!

The DC Digest-April 1, 2025

  • President Trump Writes Letter to New OSTP Director 
  • Trump Admin to Review $9B in Contracts, Grants with Harvard

The DC Digest-March 28, 2025

  • House Passes DETERRENT Act
  • U.S. Department of Education Opens Revised Income-Driven Repayment Plan and Loan Consolidation Applications for Borrowers
  • DOJ to Probe Stanford, UC Schools Over Admission Practices
  • Department of Education Revokes State Waivers for Programs Supporting Undocumented Students
  • HHS Department Announces Restructuring Plans
  • Cabinet-Level Updates
  • Post of the Week!

The DC Digest-March 25, 2025

  • Recess Over, Attention Now on Reconciliation
  • Lawsuits Filed Challenging Executive Order to Dismantle Department of Education
  • Pausing of Federal Funds to Columbia University Challenged in Court
  • Michael Kratsios Confirmed as OSTP Head

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