MAGA political loyalists, not researchers or experts, could soon decide what counts as legitimate knowledge
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MAGA political loyalists, not researchers or experts, could soon decide what counts as legitimate knowledge
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July 10, 2026 12:46PM (EDT)
The National Institutes of Health headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. (Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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