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In President Donald Trump full 2018 budget request to Congress he called for deep cuts to numerous research agencies. This would cut the spending to the NIH by 22%
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The New Yorker - Donald Trump’s Know-Nothing Science Budget
Alan Burdick discusses President Trump’s proposed 2019 science budget, which includes cuts to a wide range of government-funded efforts, from disease prevention to climate-change research, and examines the Administration’s poor track record with fact and truth.
Washington Post - Trump budget seeks huge cuts to science and medical research, disease prevention National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, National Science Foundation and National Cancer Institute would see cuts under President Trump`s 2018 proposed budget.
Public Radio International - Congress boosted spending on science and the environment, even as Trump administration tried to cut
Billions of dollars in additional funds for scientific research, including renewable energy research, earth systems observations and sea level monitoring were tucked inside the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending measure that passed on March 23, but the Trump Administration is still working to gut environmental regulations.
Forbes - Trump's Proposed FY2019 Budget To Gut NASA Astrophysics, Destroying Cutting-Edge Science
The proposal is to simply kill the great dreams of space and the Universe that have driven the USA forward for so long.
National Geographic News - What You Need to Know About Trump’s Proposed Climate Cuts
Proposed reductions in environmental and scientific agencies could have big impacts, from the Great Lakes to public health. Here’s what it means.
Union of Concerned Scientists - Trump’s Proposed Budget Eviscerates Federal Science, Rural and Environmental Programs
WASHINGTON (February 12, 2018)—President Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2019 budget is yet another sign of this administration’s hostility to scientific research and technological development across
Axios - What Trump's budget proposal means for science The losers: Funds for research on climate change, clean energy or environmental protection.
wcai_npr - What the Trump Budget Says About Science Priorities Congress averted a second government shutdown by passing a bipartisan budget deal that raised spending caps for the next two years, but didn’t specify how
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