NIH Vigil 4/25/2026

This Week’s Updates and Discussion

  • Your power - Montgomery County unanimously passed the “Ice Out” legislation, barring privately owned immigration detention centers from operating in the County

  • Coalition of 21 states and D.C. wins in court on gender-affirming care

  • NIH underspending $1 Billion compared to prior years

  • Flu vaccine no longer required for the military

  • HHS employees reassigned to cover reasonable accommodations backlog

  • DHS shutdown continues: A record 70-day shutdown!

  • Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee Meeting April 28th

  • UT Austin suspended students and banned them from campus through 2026 for organizing a sit-in demanding a meeting over Trump's "Compact for Academic Excellence"

people watching the speaker at the NIH vigil, with a protest sign saying "Communities not cages"
A person with their dog at the vigil
A woman holding a baby
The vigil emcee administering the Oath of Office
A person holding a bag of May Day protest materials
A man with a yellow shirt speaking at the vigil
The hands of a person wearing a multiple science-themed friendship bracelets
Vigil attendees hold an American flag watching the speaker in front of a building with the NIH logo
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