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Pentagon watchdog doesn’t know how much overseas gain-of-function research is done with US funds — despite $1.4B spent: report
The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released the inconclusive results Thursday of its congressionally mandated audit into funding that could have resulted in diseases becoming more virulent.
Biden's EPA using clean-energy cash to fund groups that oppose immigration enforcement
The Biden administration quietly funneled $50 million in taxpayer funds earmarked to promote a clean-energy economy to two anti-border groups that oppose immigration enforcement.
Pentagon watchdog to audit $50M in US grants to Chinese research labs revealed by GOP senator
“The Department of Defense should defend the nation, not support research with the potential to do us harm,” Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst told The Post.
New Jersey university uses $1M grant to produce maple syrup to test out industry in Garden State
A university in New Jersey is spending a $1 million grant from the US Department of Agriculture on testing the feasibility of a maple syrup industry in the Garden State....
Intel receiving whopping $20B from Biden to boost US chip output and reduce reliance on China, Taiwan
The historic outlay shows the Biden administration is betting big on Intel as part of the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, a bid to boost domestic semiconductor output with $52.7 billion in...
HHS bars Wuhan Institute of Virology from receiving US funding for next 10 years: 'Obvious step in the right direction'
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that it has officially barred the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) from receiving US funding for the next 10 years, as...
LI rep floats up to $10M grant for 9/11 Memorial
Long Island Rep. Anthony D’Esposito is floating giving up to $10 million to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in Lower Manhattan.
Progressive insurance sued for 'patently unlawful' racism for offering $25K grants only to black-owned businesses
Progressive insurance is being sued for "patently unlawful" racism for awarding black-owned businesses $25,000 and banning white, Asian, Hispanic and owners of other backgrounds from applying.
Get paid up to $92K to buy a house on a remote Irish island
As a means of repopulating its more isolated corners, the Irish government is dangling a huge monetary incentive in front of the world’s citizens.
USDA releases $71M in grants in pursuit of ‘equality and justice for all’
The Department of Agriculture last week announced $71 million in new grant funding aimed at helping "disadvantaged" farmers and ranchers.
Letter confirms Wuhan lab's COVID-19 leak was funded by US taxpayers
A letter from the National Institutes of Health, who are led by Anthony Fauci, suggests COVID-19 was man-made from multiple varients of coronavirus -- all on the US taxpayer’s dime,...
Nikola receives $2M government grant weeks after founder criminally charged
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for zero-emission truck maker Nikola. The company on Thursday said it has been awarded a $2 million grant by the...
Fed watchdog to review grants amid Wuhan lab controversy
The Department of Health and Human Services inspector general has opened an investigation into the National Institutes of Health's grant program aiding the controversial Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.
Wuhan lab was to get $1.5M in federal grant money for bat study, emails show
The Wuhan Institute of Virology was given more than twice in federal grant money than chief White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci indicated to lawmakers last week, newly released...
EPA awards grants for beach water monitoring, notifications
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be awarding $723,000 in grants to monitor beach water quality and set up public notification programs in Washington, Oregon and Alaska, officials announced Monday.
White House mulling grants for Critical Race Theory in classrooms
The Department of Education may be using financial grants to get schools to teach "Critical Race Theory" in classes.
Historic Black colleges to get $650,000 to preserve campuses
CHICAGO — Several historically Black colleges and universities will receive more than $650,000 in grants to preserve their campuses as part of a new initiative announced Tuesday. The funding for...
Meet the 21 MacArthur 'Genius' Grant fellows for 2020
Writers, scientists, a filmmaker, a legal scholar and an environmental health advocate are among those who will receive $625,000 over five years to use as they please.
Anyone who protests at people's homes deserves to be defunded
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson says he didn’t kill funding for the activist group VOCAL-NY because several of its members and staff targeted his boyfriend’s home for a protest, and...
Facebook gives grants to local news to fund coronavirus coverage
Facebook on Tuesday announced 400 local news organizations that are receiving grants to bolster their coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. The Facebook Journalism Project, launched in January 2017 to bolster...