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Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright at a House Science Committee hearing.
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Energy Secretary Takes Heat in First House Science Hearing
JUN 12, 2026
Stacks of papers and documents on a researcher's desk.
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White House Proposes Indirect Changes to Indirect Costs
JUN 11, 2026
The White House in Washington DC
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Trump Moves 8,000 Feds into Schedule Policy/Career Roles
JUN 09, 2026
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White House Plan to Take Over Federal Grantmaking Draws Criticism from Science Groups
JUN 05, 2026
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USCIS Green Card Memo Creates Uncertainty
MAY 29, 2026
The National Academies Keck Center in Washington, DC, with a metal sculpture prominently featured.
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Republican Lawmakers Suggest Cutting Off Funding for National Academies
MAY 22, 2026
Library stacks at the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Scholarly Publishing Costs Under Scrutiny by Trump Administration
MAY 20, 2026
A section of the National Science Foundation's organization chart that shows the directorates and offices organized under the Chief Science Officer.
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NSF Elevates Career Staff to Lead Directorates
MAY 12, 2026
House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole and President Donald Trump.
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House Republicans Propose Cutting Science Budgets, but by Less than Trump
MAY 08, 2026
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Administration Explains National Science Board Firing as Criticism Grows
MAY 01, 2026
NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs testifying before the House Science Committee.
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Lawmakers Warn Proposed NOAA Budget Cuts Would Gut Research, Undermine Forecasting
APR 29, 2026
The headquarters of the Department of Energy.
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DOE Proposes Boosts for Supercomputers, Cuts to Research
APR 22, 2026