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The Trump administration has asked U.S. lawmakers to cut $307 million in funding for the biological research program under the U.S. Geological Survey.

The Missouri Family Health Council (MFHC) was expecting year 4 of a 5 year grant for $8.5 million until The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services informed the council and 15 other Title X grantees that the money was being temporarily withheld.

An entire staff was laid off at a $4.1 billion program that provides financial assistance for households with low income.

A day before the new budget period for Title X, a federal reproductive healthcare grant, Missouri’s sole grantee received notice from the federal government that the state’s cash would be withheld.

The entire staff of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services were put on leave Monday. The Institute is the largest funder of cultural institutions in the U.S. It gives money to the states to pass on to local communities in the form of grants. It most recently gave Missouri just over $3 million.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced more than a billion dollars in cuts – almost $20 million was set to go to Missouri.

Farmers, nonprofits and state agencies received almost $3 billion in grants from the Inflation Reduction Act in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. But recent federal funding freezes have recipients concerned they won’t end up receiving money.

Over a hundred people were present at the protest, carrying signs that promoted their viewpoints, like ones that said "Down with the oligarchy" and "This Musk stop."

A Trump administration executive order has paused all NIH advisory committees, halting research that requires federal funding.