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Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget director, speaks alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), from left, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), and Vice President JD Vance as they address members of the media outside the White House.
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  • Trump floats shutdown layoffs and cuts
  • White House dangles perks to universities
  • Congress lets business research programs expire
WEEK OF OCT 06, 2025
The Capitol Building, pictured at dawn.
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  • White House threatens shutdown layoffs
  • Science groups protest grantmaking order
  • More S&T nominees teed up for confirmation
WEEK OF SEP 29, 2025
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  • Trump adds $100K fee to H-1B visas
  • Federal funding cliff looms
  • Layoffs continue at national labs
WEEK OF SEP 22, 2025
NASA's headquarters in Washington, DC.
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  • NASA clamps down on work with Chinese nationals
  • Bloc of science nominees set for confirmation
  • Harvard awaits grant reinstatements
WEEK OF SEP 15, 2025
A U.S. passport and visa card.
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  • International student restrictions proposed
  • House advances DOE budget
  • Appropriators to vote on science budgets
WEEK OF SEP 08, 2025
The facade of Building One at the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, MD.
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  • NIH House budget revealed
  • Commerce scuttles Natcast
  • NSF misusing temp managers
WEEK OF SEP 02, 2025
The Supreme Court of the United States at night.
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  • Supreme Court allows NIH cuts to proceed
  • House Science chair promotes Artemis
  • EPA's GHG endangerment finding repeal draws flak
WEEK OF AUG 25, 2025
Students moving about on UCLA's campus.
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  • Judge restores UCLA grants
  • EPA moves to roll back climate rules
  • NSF and Nvidia partner on science AI
WEEK OF AUG 18, 2025
A bronze-colored doorknob that reads, "Seal of the President of the United States."
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  • Trump orders political review of grants
  • NASEM starts fast-track study on GHG impacts
  • GAO finds NIH has illegally slowed spending
WEEK OF AUG 11, 2025
A man in a suit speaks from behind a podium that says "Palmer Trucks." Six people in suits stand behind him.
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  • DOE gives platform to skeptics of climate change impacts
  • UCLA hit with grant cuts
  • Congress departs without deal on nominees
WEEK OF AUG 04, 2025
Workers tend to a wind turbine at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Distributed Integrated Energy Laboratory.
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  • National labs brace for layoffs
  • NSF and NASA staff protest treatment under Trump
  • NIH and DOD budget proposals advancing in Senate
WEEK OF JUL 28, 2025
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) at a hearing in April 2025.
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  • Science budgets advancing in Congress
  • Top appropriators look to block indirect cost caps
  • NSF board to meet
WEEK OF JUL 21, 2025