Politico reported President Trump has asked the White House budget director to draft an executive order to place federal health research funding under presidential control.

Volkswagen’s supervisory board has approved an agreement advancing the group’s largest restructuring; Porsche is slated to cut roughly 4,100 employees to plug an estimated €700m indirect-cost shortfall, with the reductions stacking on top of existing accords. In July Porsche management and labour representatives agreed to add 5,000 cuts to a previously agreed 4,000. Volkswagen on Friday trimmed its full-year profit-margin target to at most 1% from 4.0–5.5%, citing a Porsche asset impairment. Porsche CEO Michael Leiters faces pressure to present a turnaround plan amid a sharp sales decline and higher costs tied to the maker’s reversal of its EV strategy.

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