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Retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) plays Christmas carols in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building on Dec. 16.
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  • Spending and Pandemic Relief Votes Imminent
  • Biden Names “Climate Team”
  • EU Sets Flagship Science Program Budget
WEEK OF DEC 21, 2020
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) speaking at a press conference on a bipartisan effort she is part of to advance a compromise pandemic relief package. That package is part of negotiations over major legislation taking place this week, as is a broad bipartisan e
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  • Spending and Energy Bills Under Negotiation
  • Fusion Panel Approves Long Range Plan
  • NASA Sets Lunar Science Goals
WEEK OF DEC 14, 2020
A processor chip
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  • Microelectronics and AI Initiatives at Finish Line
  • Biden Names Public Health Officials
  • House Selects Committee Leaders for 2021
WEEK OF DEC 07, 2020
Excavation work is ramping up at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota to create a space for a massive neutrino detector that will be the centerpiece of the flagship LBNF/DUNE project.
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  • Kerry Named Climate Envoy
  • Top Iranian Physicist Assassinated
  • DOE Particle Physics Review Set for Release
WEEK OF NOV 30, 2020
A turkey
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  • Arecibo Telescope Unrepairable
  • Biden Announcing Cabinet Members
  • NIST Appointment Condemned
WEEK OF NOV 23, 2020
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich earth science satellite is scheduled to launch this weekend on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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  • Biden Names Science Agency Transition Teams
  • Fringe Climatologist Takes Over National Assessment
  • Freilich Earth Science Satellite Set for Launch
WEEK OF NOV 16, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden delivers his victory speech on Nov. 7.
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  • Biden Names Pandemic Advisers
  • Nuclear Security Chief Abruptly Resigns
  • National Climate Assessment Director Appointed
WEEK OF NOV 09, 2020
Left: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaking at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Oct. 24. Right: President Donald Trump arriving in South Carolina for a rally on Oct. 15.
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  • Election Puts Science Policy at Crossroads
  • DOE Accused of Suppressing Research Reports
  • Student Visa Limitation Rule Under Fire
WEEK OF NOV 02, 2020
The Black in Physics logo
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  • Event Series Spotlighting Black Physicists
  • Administration Clamps Down on Foreign Skilled Worker Programs
  • Trump Order Takes Aim at Senior Civil Servants
WEEK OF OCT 26, 2020
A composite image of the asteroid Bennu taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. 
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  • Asteroid Mission Attempting Sample Collection
  • China Threatens Retaliation for Scientist Arrests
  • DOE Selects Advanced Reactor Demo Projects
WEEK OF OCT 19, 2020
An illustration of plasma wakefield acceleration, in which particles moving through a hot ionized gas create a plasma wake that conveys energy to trailing particles.
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  • SLAC Opens Accelerator Testing Facility
  • Research Groups Protest Diversity Training Restrictions
  • H-1B Requirements Tightened
WEEK OF OCT 12, 2020
The Founders Library Building at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Howard is the host for a newly announced Department of Defense Center of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
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  • Study on Defense R&D at HBCUs Begins
  • Particle Physics Planning Ramps Up
  • House Relief Bill Includes New Proposal for Research
WEEK OF OCT 05, 2020