Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just slashed about $122 million worth of federal grants for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) as well as LGBT projects.

The New York Post reports that Kennedy has outraged the political left with the move.

The move, however, was expected, as President Donald Trump has taken similar action across the federal government.

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RFK Jr.’s HHS slashes $122M across nearly 200 DEI, LGBT-focused research projects.

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The details

Kennedy is cutting about $122 million, or about 195 different projects.

The Post reports:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services has stopped nearly $122 million in grants to research deemed a poor use of taxpayer funds due to focus on LGBT topics and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), The Post has learned. The grants, funding 195 different projects, were determined by the Trump administration to focus too narrowly on sexual or racial minority groups — drawing outrage from some holdover officials from the Biden administration and contributing to at least one high-profile resignation this week.

The Post goes on to give an example of some of the cuts that have been made.

"Among the biggest grants to be axed was $5.5 million from the National Cancer Institute to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the “Vanderbilt FIRST” initiative that aims to “recruit at least 18 tenure-track faculty from minoritized [sic] racial and ethnic groups,” according to data reviewed by The Post," the outlet reports.

It continues by providing several other examples.

In related news...

The Daily Mail reports on how this comes just as Kennedy fired and replaced the director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Per the outlet:

The revelation about the extent to which RFK Jr. has cut DEI programs across HHS comes after the health secretary fired the director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Kennedy appointed Deputy Health and Human Services Secretary Jim O’Neill to serve as acting CDC director in the wake of Director Dr. Susan Monarez’s firing.

Monarez is not going down without a fight.

The Hill reports, "Monarez is contesting her firing, though the White House has confirmed her ouster following a statement on Wednesday from HHS."

The Daily Mail reports that "O’Neill is seen as a loyalist to Kennedy with ties to the Peter Thiel foundation and a Thiel fellowship for young entrepreneurs."