Trump administration funding cuts have come to Johns Hopkins University, a major research institution headquartered in Maryland. The university says 2,200 workers are being laid off. CBS News medical contributor Dr.

The Trump administration’s slashing of $800 million in USAID grants to Johns Hopkins University created immediate but also longer-range angst: How does the university that is more reliant on federal research funding than any other in the U.

Johns Hopkins University is laying off over 2,200 employees due to the Trump administration cutting $800 million in grants. The layoffs impact public health and medical research. Columbia University also lost $400 million in federal funding over antisemitism concerns.