To Fight Federal Job Cuts, Energy Experts and States Try a New Argument
In letters to multiple agencies, the focus is on how job reductions at E.P.A., Interior and other agencies would hurt President Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda.
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DOGE Cuts Hobble Office That Would Aid NASA and SpaceX Mars Landings
The Astrogeology Science Center, which has helped astronauts and robots reach other worlds safely, is facing a substantial number of job reductions.
White House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled
A Trump administration budget proposal would essentially eliminate one of the world’s foremost Earth sciences research operations.
Experts Doubt Kennedy’s Timetable for Finding the Cause of Autism
The nation’s health secretary announced that he planned to invite scientists to provide answers by September, but specialists consider that target date unrealistic.
As RFK Jr. Champions Chronic Disease Prevention, Key Research Is Cut
Two significant programs that invested in research on diabetes, dementia, obesity and kidney disease have ended since the start of the Trump administration.
Judge Permanently Bars N.I.H. From Limiting Medical Research Funding
The decision came as an initial win for a broad coalition of academic institutions that had argued the policy jeopardized ongoing research, but it set up an almost certain appeal.
16 States Sue the Trump Administration to Restore NIH Funding
An attorney general in one of those states said the Trump administration was upending “the promise of progress for future generations.”
FDA Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety
Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and policy experts who advance generic drug approvals were also dismissed.
Trump’s Science Policies Pose Long-Term Risk, Economists Warn
Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.
H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics
Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens.