Hours later, the Massachusetts Attorney General issued a temporary restraining order preventing the NIH from immediately cutting billions in the grants it issues to scientists and

Proposed cuts by the Trump administration to a type of federal funding from the National Institutes of Health would pose a credit challenge to universities that receive the funds, analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Carnegie Mellon University late Monday joined a lawsuit filed by the Association of American Universities seeking to stop the federal government from drastically reducing funding at the National Institutes of Health.

After states and universities sued the NIH over the new policy, a federal judge temporarily blocked the cuts in 22 states, including Connecticut.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in US District Court for Massachusetts, was co-led by Andrea Campbell and asserts that the Trump administration’s changes violate the Administrative Procedure Act.

Attorneys general from 22 states sued the Trump administration on Monday, seeking to freeze a plan that would cap National Institutes of Health payments covering overhead at universities and medical research centers.

Twenty-two state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration’s decision to slash research funding by limiting how it pays out universities and research institutes for “indirect costs.

Twenty-two states sue the Trump Administration to halt funding cuts for medical research grants. Trump’s appearance at the game marks the first time a sitting U.S. president has attended the annual NFL championship.