What a Democratic Congress Could Mean for Science
A New York Times analysis examines what Democratic control of Congress could mean for American science, reporting that the Trump administration largely bypassed a resistant Congress to reshape research spending through executive orders, staffing cuts, and political review of grants, changes that are mostly beyond lawmakers' power to undo. Democrats promise greater oversight of withheld funds and grant reductions, with Zoe Lofgren seeking to lead the House Science Committee; the article also covers voter curbs on AI data centers and steady bipartisan support for NASA's Artemis moon program.
