budget cuts

At a rally for funding science at NIH headquarters, a sign reads NO SCIENCE, NO CURE, NO FUTURE

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September 2, 2026

Dear Early-Career Expert: You Are Still Valued

Tosin Fadeyi
Science Network Senior Outreach Coordinator

A woman holds a sign reading "save the civil service, save the USA" at the SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY Rally at USAID HQ at Ronald Reagan Building along 14th Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC on Friday morning, 28 February 2025

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September 1, 2026

The Trump Administration Is Dismantling One of America’s Greatest Strategic Assets: Its Scientific Workforce

UCS Science Network

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May 7, 2026

Documents Show Real Reason Why the White House Wants to Break Up NCAR

Carlos Javier Martinez
Senior Scientist

The Washington Monument is in the background of a science-themed protest, with a sign reading REFUND SCIENCE in the foreground.

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April 9, 2026

The Slow Dismantling of American Science (and What We Can Do about It)

UCS Science Network

A tourist catches her breath after climbing the steps at the Lincoln Memorial during a heatwave.

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July 24, 2025

What We’re Watching: Climate and Political Whiplash

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Close up on a car dashboard cluster with the check engine warning light on indicating a car failure.

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July 23, 2025

The Great American Engine Stall: Science Budget Cuts Threaten US Innovation

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

the White House in Washington, DC

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July 21, 2025

New UCS Analysis Documents Six Months of the Trump Administration’s Destructive Actions

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

A great blue heron catches a white perch on the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge.

Derrick Z. Jackson

July 7, 2025

Administration Cuts Would Leave No Refuge for the Wildlife Refuges

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

stacked photos of ICE officers planning arrests over an image of people protesting cuts at the CDC.

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May 7, 2025

A Cruel Tradeoff: Building the “Amazon of Deportation” While Tearing Down Health and Human Services

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

A close-up of the top of a graduation cap that reads "right here is a future nurse," from a photo taken at commencement for Bowie State University in Maryland, a Historically Black College/University.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

March 20, 2025

The Threats to Higher Education: A Call to Action

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

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October 24, 2018

Students, Don’t Forget to Vote. You Too, STEM Majors

UCS Science Network

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March 15, 2017

How to Make Disasters More Costly and Harmful: Cut FEMA’s Budget

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director