US EditionTrump slashed US cancer research by 31 percent: Senate report
- A Senate report released on Tuesday reveals that during the first quarter of 2025, the Trump administration reduced funding for cancer research in the US by nearly one-third compared to the previous year.
- The report, requested by progressive Senator Bernie Sanders, reveals that more than $13.5 billion in healthcare funding was eliminated, alongside the cancellation of 1,660 grants.
- The National Institutes of Health experienced a total funding reduction of $2.7 billion, including a decrease exceeding $300 million at the National Cancer Institute, resulting in its lowest inflation-adjusted grant funding level in more than ten years.
- Interviews with federal scientists reveal researchers describing conditions at NIH as "complete chaos," while doctors lack reliable, reviewed guidelines for patient treatment.
- The findings suggest that reduced funding and staff could delay treatments and harm public health, while the administration denies undermining scientific truth and calls the report politically motivated.
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udgtvTrump cut 31% of funding for cancer research in the U.S.
The U.S. government cut funding for cancer research by 31% in the first three months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, says a Senate report published on Tuesday that accuses the White House of waging a war "against science." The analysis, commissioned by leftist Senator Bernie Sanders, revealed that in the first three months of the year at least $13.5 billion in health funds, including 1,660 grants, have been abolished. Among the mo…
Tribal libraries across Alaska slash hours and programming amid Trump's cuts
The Klukwan Library has reduced its hours from 35 to four and canceled all future events amid federal funding cuts. (Photo by Jamie Katzeek) For thirty-five hours each week at the Klukwan Library, people study, check out books, and take workshops on everything from paddle making to Chilkat weaving. Or at least they used to. The Trump administration recently notified the tribal library that it was canceling two grants that account for the vast ma…
Trump slashed US cancer research by 31 percent — Senate report
US President Donald Trump's administration cut cancer research funding by 31 percent in the first three months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to a Senate report released Tuesday that accuses the White House of waging a "war on science."
New York Times’ Political Reporter Begs Reddit for Sob Stories About Trump's Funding Cuts Harming Maine
If The New York Times ever had any pretense of journalistic balance, it has now fully outed its true liberal self in the Mills v. Trump WWE match. The paper’s national political “reporter,” Caitlin O’Keefe, posted on Reddit – admitting she’s seeking to interview Mainers to help Democrat Gov. Janet Mills savage President Trump. No [...] The post New York Times’ Political Reporter Begs Reddit for Sob Stories About Trump’s Funding Cuts Harming Main…
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