Watchdog: Trump administration illegally withheld federal research funds

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A Government Accountability Office report says the Trump administration unlawfully withheld tens of millions of dollars in research funds appropriated by Congress for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The report found that the Department of Health and Human Services violated the Impoundment Control Act.

The Trump administration violated federal law by withholding tens of millions of dollars in research grant funding Congress had appropriated for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), according to a federal watchdog report.  The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Wednesday found the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) violated the Impoundment Control…