Exclusive | GOP lawmakers urge Trump administration to defund ‘woke’ National Academies

Exclusive | GOP lawmakers urge Trump administration to defund ‘woke’ National Academies

Several Republican House lawmakers urged the Trump administration to consider suspending taxpayer funding for the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, arguing it's biased and pushing a “leftist” narrative.

Burlison leads effort to investigate National Academies over taxpayer funding concerns

Eric Burlison (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)WASHINGTON — Congressman Eric Burlison (MO-07) led 10 House colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought requesting an investigation into federal funding awarded to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) over concerns about bias, conflicts of interest, and misuse of taxp…