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The Trump administration scored a major victory at the Supreme Court Thursday as the justices, in a 5-4 order, cleared his administration to slash more than $783 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants tied to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, LGBTQ issues and other hot-button areas.

The unsigned majority order said NIH "may proceed with terminating existing grants" while leaving in place a partial block on issuing new directives.

The move delivers a political win for Trump’s broader push to roll back DEI programs across the federal government.

TRUMP-APPOINTED JUDGE STRIKES DOWN ANTI-DEI MEASURES FROM EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

The decision overturns rulings by lower courts that had blocked

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