New Jersey and 21 other states sued the Trump administration Monday for cutting funding that supports medical research, a move that they argue will grind such public health research to a halt at universities across the U.S. The Trump administration has said the proposed cuts would target administrative overhead while leaving direct funds to medical research intact. It is the latest lawsuit by Democratic attorneys general designed to stop the Republican administration from enacting large-scale cuts to the federal government that they argue must be approved by Congress. The lawsuit was prompted by the National Institutes of Health’s announcement on Friday that it would lower the maximum “indirect cost” reimbursement to 15%. To read the full story.