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Former Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill speaks at a Make America Healthy Again event in September 2025.
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  • NSF director nominee announced
  • Confusion over NIST foreign researcher policies
  • Science Republicans reviewing AI laws
WEEK OF FEB 23, 2026
The NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences GRACE Follow-On spacecraft launch in 2018.
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  • NASA restricts spending for some programs
  • Trump admin notches DEI court case win
  • NLR (formerly NREL) lays off more staff
WEEK OF FEB 17, 2026
A building with a U.S. flag hanging at the front
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  • OPM to reduce federal job protections
  • DOE reveals consolidated advisory committee
  • DHS to increase traveler data collection
WEEK OF FEB 09, 2026
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaking on the phone.
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  • Partial shutdown hits NIH and DOD
  • DOD merges DSB and DIB
  • DOE shares reorg details
WEEK OF FEB 02, 2026
A snowy path leading around the Capitol Building.
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  • Science funded as partial shutdown looms
  • House considers quantum science
  • Scientists oppose Trump’s Greenland push
WEEK OF JAN 26, 2026
Building 1 at the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland, covered in snow.
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  • DOD and NIH funding bills released
  • DOD issues AI strategy
  • Science nominees reintroduced
WEEK OF JAN 20, 2026
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael tour the courtyard at the Pentagon.
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  • Fundamental research restrictions at DOD
  • US withdrawing from climate agreements
  • Congress holding multiple science hearings
WEEK OF JAN 12, 2026
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) and Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) presiding over an appropriations hearing.
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  • Minibus funding deal rejects big science cuts
  • NIH reviewing shelved grant applications
  • H-1B to ditch lottery system
WEEK OF JAN 05, 2026
The grounds of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.
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  • NCAR to be broken up
  • NSF alters org structure
  • Grant review requirements loosened
WEEK OF DEC 22, 2025
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  • NSF seeks input on new tech transition initiative
  • Academies propose Mars mission plans
  • Science Republicans investigate civil rights offices
WEEK OF DEC 15, 2025
An aerial photo of the Pentagon.
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  • NDAA text released
  • S&T nominees face vote
  • Genesis Mission to get hearing
WEEK OF DEC 08, 2025
The headquarters of the Department of Energy.
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  • Senate releases DOE funding proposals
  • House to examine competition with China in space
  • OSTP seeks input on accelerating science
WEEK OF DEC 01, 2025