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GOP races to fund immigration enforcement. And, U.S. indicts former Cuban president

science** in 2025 during the Trump administration, despite a funding restoration earlier this year. After the Trump administration attempted to cut

Researchers say the Trump administration is finding new ways to punish science

science celebrated a rare bipartisan victory in the early months of 2026. After the Trump administration tried to cut, freeze or suspend billions of dollars the previous year, a handful of Republicans — at the urging

Trump fires independent board overseeing National Science Foundation

Trump administration tried to cut](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/national-science-foundation-trumps-cuts) the science foundation’s $9bn budget by more than half last year. Congress maintained NSF’s funding

Scientists see Trump's firing of the National Science Board as an attack on research

Trump administration's firing of the NSF board is just the latest move aimed at the agency. In the White House's preliminary budget request for 2026, it [sought to cut $4.7 billion from

Trump’s rollback of toxic gas rules limits EPA’s authority to protect public health, analysis says

science, and required the nation’s EtO emitters to collectively cut their emissions by about 90%. A new [Harvard analysis details](https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Ethylene-Oxide-Quick-Take.pdf) the administration’s case, which would limit the EPA’s ability

A study investigates: Did the abrupt end of USAID have an impact on violence?

funding* have an impact on conflict? In a study published in [the journal *Scienc*e](http://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeh7122), Wright and his colleagues conclude that the abrupt dismantling of USAID led to an uptick in overall

Trump cuts to weather data could make forecasts less reliable, warn experts

Trump administration proposed a modest budget increase for the National Weather Service, but a 40% cut to Noaa overall. “We absolutely need AI to help us crunch the data faster and to make sense

Trump administration fires all members of US National Science Board

funded national science agency, according to an ex-board member and lawmakers. The dismissals at the National Science Board (NSB), the policy and advisory arm of the National Science Foundation (NSF), mark the Trump administration

RFK Jr faces intense questions in US Senate on measles and flu deaths

science.” Bennet then asked whether Kennedy was “taking the position that the measles vaccine is vital to keeping American children healthy in this country”. “That’s my position,” Kennedy responded. “We promote the measles vaccine

COVID is shaping Americans' reaction to Ebola and hantavirus

Trump administration's [firing of staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](https://www.npr.org/2025/10/14/nx-s1-5574469/cdc-shutdown-federal-layoffs), the cutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the [U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization

The MAHA movement is mad about glyphosate and Trump's EPA

science" and "values open communication with the public and MAHA community" and takes the concerns outlined in the letter "seriously." In fact, MAHA figures including Ryerson recently met with President Trump and cabinet officials

Dozens of MPs oppose Streeting’s new power to say what NHS pays for drugs

administration. McDonnell said: “One of the express purposes of establishing Nice was to insulate the NHS from the powerful and well-resourced lobbying of the pharmaceutical industry. “The changes the government are making to Nice

The big questions hanging over the Trump-Xi meeting in China

science at the University of Chicago. That “puts him in a position that he’s not used to”. Influence over Iran may be useful leverage for Beijing in the two other main items

As fentanyl crisis evolves, experts say US is still ‘behind the eight ball’

cuts, including the elimination of $345m in addiction and overdose prevention. Watkins, for his part, is trying to be the kind of person he needed when he was at the lowest point

Montana tribes combine traditional knowledge and Western science in climate plan

science in climate plan ![Mike Durglo Jr. stands on a hillside above a river looking towards a mountain range. Durglo has devoted his life to preparing his home and his people for climate change

Linda McMahon defends dismantling the Education Department, shifting its work

Trump's second inauguration, the office did not reach a resolution agreement in a single case of school-based sexual harassment or sexual assault for the rest of the year. In her House testimony, McMahon

Could key climate talks mark ground zero in global push to ditch fossil fuels?

cut into the main markets for oil.” These changes would be lasting, he added. “The vase is broken, the damage is done – it will be very difficult to put the pieces back together. This will

These families help researchers find Alzheimer's treatments. Their network is at risk

cuts and delays in federal funding. It is currently maintaining only essential functions while awaiting word on critical grants from the National Institutes of Health, or NIH. "The network that's been built

Trump says new talks with Iran will happen soon. And, Eric Swalwell faces new allegations

Fund warns that the global economy is at risk of a recession** amid the ongoing conflict in Iran. The IMF singled out the United Kingdom as [one of the hardest-hit economies](https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=nx-s1-5786030:x)