TL;DR NIH is a sub-agency of HHS, and HHS is funded by the US federal government.
In a shocking turn of events, the US government is controlling the research it funds, something that has never happened in the past.
The Soviet Union is famous for telling scientists which scientific theories were acceptable to study. Science had to conform to the Party's ideology. This seems to be what you are advocating, and it seems you are mocking literal scientists for being upset by it.