The Senate Appropriations Committee has rejected the Trump administration's proposal to cut the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget by 40%, instead approving a $400 million increase, roughly a 1% boost, to the agency's funding. This bipartisan decision also removed a multiyear funding plan that would have reduced the number of new NIH grants. The move represents a clear repudiation of the administration's efforts to dramatically reduce NIH spending and restructure the agency. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Trump administration violated the 1974 Impoundment Control Act by abruptly canceling NIH grants and delaying new awards, actions that were deemed illegal under federal law.