Congress Shows Resistance to Trump’s Science Budget Cuts

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Slashes Agency’s Science Division

Current conditions: Typhoon Wipha is barrelling through southern China, making its way across the mainland after pummeling Hong Kong with heavy rain • More than 60 million Americans are facing heat alerts as temperatures surge • The unusually warm 21-degree Fahrenheit temperature recorded at Summit Station in Greenland is just a few degrees off a record high.THE TOP FIVE1. The EPA is shutting down its scientific research arm EPA Administrator Le…

Inside the federal government’s purge of climate data

By cutting funding for research and withholding crucial data, the Trump administration is making it harder to know how the planet is changing.

Trump administration accused of 'ultimate Friday night purge'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision Friday to eliminate its scientific research arm drew horrified responses from public health experts and climate advocates, who warned that the Trump administration is targeting the foundation of the department's work to shield Americans from hazardous chemicals, toxic pollution, and drinking water contaminants."This is grim news," said Adam Gaffney, an ICU doctor at the Cambridge Health Allianc…

Congress Shows Resistance to Trump’s Science Budget Cuts

Congress’s proposed budgets would preserve more research spending than the president’s. It’s a rare rebuke from Republicans to the White House’s efforts to gut funding for several research support agencies. Researchers and the academic community may have reason to be hopeful about the future of federal funding. Early indications from the appropriations process suggest that both the House and Senate will diverge significantly from the president’s…

War of words continues over Congressional spending cuts

A member of the Illinois congressional delegation calls the rescissions package passed by Congress to cut federal government spending by $9 billion "absolutely shameful," but a candidate who hopes to secure a seat in Congress in 2026 has a different…