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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
"Corn," a turkey pardoned by President Trump in 2020
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  • Congress finalizing NDAA
  • NIH halting small business awards
  • Commission pushing quantum strategy to counter China
WEEK OF NOV 24, 2025
A satellite map showing the plan to move NSF from its current headquarters to a building on the USPTO campus.
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  • NSF moving to USPTO campus
  • OSTP and NOAA nominees face vote
  • Academies to discuss nuclear space travel
WEEK OF NOV 17, 2025
The A.D. White Reading Room in Uris Library at Cornell University.
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  • Cornell makes deal for funding
  • Government shutdown may end
  • DOE renews quantum research centers
WEEK OF NOV 10, 2025
A tunnel in the Nevada National Security Site's PULSE complex, an underground facility where sub-critical nuclear experiments are performed.
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  • Trump proposes nuke tests
  • DOGE staffer takes over naval research
  • DOD again raids R&D funds for payroll
WEEK OF NOV 03, 2025