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What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF

A detailed expose of the Trump Administration's unprecedented actions to disrupt and restructure US scientific funding agencies, including NIH, NSF, and CDC, through funding freezes, communication bans, and policy changes. Recent directives have targeted diversity programs, restricted scientific communications, and caused widespread uncertainty among researchers and staff, leading to potential long-term impacts on American scientific research.

'Go haywire': Onlookers freak out as 25-year-old set loose on Treasury computer system

A 25-year-old former Musk employee, Marko Elez, has been granted full read-and-write access to critical Treasury Department payment systems, raising serious security concerns among department staff. The privileged access allows modification of code controlling Social Security payments, tax returns, and other government disbursements, with sources indicating Elez has already begun rewriting the codebase.