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Created: 2025-07-08 19:05:08 UTC

BREAKING — NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya joined our show today with an EXCLUSIVE announcement that HHS has a new order capping the fees publishers can charge for making taxpayer-funded research publicly available.

Science should be a tool of progress and innovation. But in America, it's been allowed to become a closed-off racket that enriches a small publishing elite and hinders progress rather than promoting it. Important research is locked away behind five-figure paywalls, making research more expensive and denying the public access to scientific information.

This policy won't get many headlines or win many votes, but it's hugely important for bringing competitiveness and innovation back to American science. It's a great example of the Trump Administration putting America first even where few people are watching.

@NIHDirector_Jay @DrJBhattacharya @RobertKennedyJr

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