What Happened
On Friday, the Trump administration released its proposed budget for 2027.
Why It Matters
The budget blueprint includes significant cuts to NASA, but it targets even more severe limits for other science-focused agencies, with no agencies spared.
Key Details
- The document is laced with blatantly political language and resurfaces grievances that have been the subject of right-wing ire for years.
- If all of this sounds familiar, it's because the document is largely a retread of last year's proposal, which Congress largely ignored in providing relatively steady research budgets.
- By choosing to issue a similar budget, the administration is signaling that this is an ongoing political battle.
- And the past year has shown that, even if Congress is unwilling to join it in the fight, the administration can still do significant damage to the scientific enterprise.
Background Context
On Friday, the Trump administration released its proposed budget for 2027. The budget blueprint includes significant cuts to NASA, but it targets even more severe limits for other science-focused agencies, with no agencies spared. The document is laced with blatantly political language and resurfaces grievances that have been the subject of right-wing ire for years. If all of this sounds familiar, it's because the document is largely a retread of last year's proposal, which Congress largely ignored in providing relatively steady research budgets. By choosing to issue a similar budget, the administration is signaling that this is an ongoing political battle. And the past year has shown that,
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Source: Ars Technica – All content – Original Link
Source: Ars Technica – All content
