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An O.M.B. Plan to Defund Science—and Anything Trump Doesn’t Like
A new proposal from the Office of Management and Budget (O.M.B.) would allow administration officials to deny government grants to groups or projects deemed misaligned with the President’s agenda, potentially impacting science funding and other initiatives. The plan is criticized for prioritizing political preferences over objective criteria for grant allocation.
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