#federalfunding — Public Fediverse posts
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Denver Post: US Forest Service closing 23 research facilities as part of reorganization under Trump. “The U.S. Forest Service is closing 23 research stations in more than a dozen states as part of an organizational overhaul under President Donald Trump that is intended to trim costs and concentrate the agency’s resources in Western states, officials said Thursday.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/denver-post-us-forest-service-closing-23-research-facilities-as-part-of-reorganization-under-trump/ -
Nature: Revealed: inside the US military’s plan to tap huge sums from the NIH. “The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking to redirect research projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars from its infectious-diseases institute to military biodefence programmes at the US Department of Defense (DOD), according to two NIH employees. They confirmed to Nature that the NIH and the DOD, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/revealed-inside-the-us-militarys-plan-to-tap-huge-sums-from-the-nih-nature/ -
Nature: Revealed: inside the US military’s plan to tap huge sums from the NIH. “The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking to redirect research projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars from its infectious-diseases institute to military biodefence programmes at the US Department of Defense (DOD), according to two NIH employees. They confirmed to Nature that the NIH and the DOD, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/revealed-inside-the-us-militarys-plan-to-tap-huge-sums-from-the-nih-nature/ -
Nature: Revealed: inside the US military’s plan to tap huge sums from the NIH. “The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking to redirect research projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars from its infectious-diseases institute to military biodefence programmes at the US Department of Defense (DOD), according to two NIH employees. They confirmed to Nature that the NIH and the DOD, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/revealed-inside-the-us-militarys-plan-to-tap-huge-sums-from-the-nih-nature/ -
Nature: Revealed: inside the US military’s plan to tap huge sums from the NIH. “The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking to redirect research projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars from its infectious-diseases institute to military biodefence programmes at the US Department of Defense (DOD), according to two NIH employees. They confirmed to Nature that the NIH and the DOD, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/revealed-inside-the-us-militarys-plan-to-tap-huge-sums-from-the-nih-nature/ -
Nature: Revealed: inside the US military’s plan to tap huge sums from the NIH. “The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking to redirect research projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars from its infectious-diseases institute to military biodefence programmes at the US Department of Defense (DOD), according to two NIH employees. They confirmed to Nature that the NIH and the DOD, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/revealed-inside-the-us-militarys-plan-to-tap-huge-sums-from-the-nih-nature/ -
Trump DOJ tried to force California to ban trans girls from sports. A judge said no
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Trump DOJ tried to force California to ban trans girls from sports. A judge said no
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The federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49325159
#HackerNews #federalfunding #researchkeywords #fundingcuts #academicresearch
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US Senate Strikes Last-Minute Budget Deal, But What Happens Next Is the Real Shock
Full story 👇
Learn more: https://www.earthinsider.in/2026/08/senate-avoids-federal-government.html
#EarthInsider #EarthInsiderNews #EINews #US #America #USNews #USPolitics #GovernmentShutdown #SenateBudget #FederalFunding #NewsAlert #BreakingNews
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Senate Pushes Through Stopgap Spending Bill—Will It Prevent a National Shutdown?
Full story 👇
Learn more: https://www.earthinsider.in/2026/08/senate-spending-bill-avert-government.html
#EarthInsider #EarthInsiderNews #EINews #US #America #USNews #USPolitics #GovernmentShutdown #SenateSpendingBill #FederalFunding #BreakingNews #NewsAlert
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Trump's OMB Director Uses Obscure Budget Tools to Freeze Federal Funding
📰 Original title: Trump's 'Dr. No' keeps strangling federal programs with 'monkey wrenches': legal expert
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
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Administration Admits It’s Canceling Federal Grants For Purely Political Reasons
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One year after #Congress cut $535 million in #federalfunding for #CPB #publicmedia, the network is still adapting. While donations increased, they came disproportionately from big donors in big cities, leaving smaller stations vulnerable. The #PublicMediaBridgeFund, a $100 million effort by large foundations, is helping stabilise the network, with some mergers already underway. https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-public-editor/2026/07/23/g-s1-135128/one-year-ago-congress-killed-the-cpb-public-media-is-still-trying-to-figure-out-the-future?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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LiveScience: ‘We’re trying this out of frustration’: Marmots star in OnlyFans account as researchers desperately look for ways to raise funds amid US budget cuts. “A team of UCLA scientists has resorted to posting content on OnlyFans to raise money for research amid huge federal funding cuts to U.S. science. But the videos aren’t of themselves, they’re exclusive recordings of marmots.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/were-trying-this-out-of-frustration-marmots-star-in-onlyfans-account-as-researchers-desperately-look-for-ways-to-raise-funds-amid-us-budget-cuts-livescience/ -
Cal Matters: White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants. “Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/22/cal-matters-white-house-admits-it-used-keywords-to-kill-billions-worth-of-california-research-grants/ -
Reuters: Trump calls for review related to scientific manual used by judges. “U.S. President Donald Trump called for a review related to the Federal Judicial Center’s scientific reference manual in cases involving climate change, writing in a Truth Social post on Sunday that the work contains ‘discredited’ information that led to ‘huge losses’ for the country.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/20/reuters-trump-calls-for-review-related-to-scientific-manual-used-by-judges/ -
Alabama secures $203M to address healthcare gap affecting 200,000 residents
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Alabama has secur…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Healthcare #Alabama #Alabamadoctorshortage #Alabamahealthcaregap #AlabamaRuralHealthTransformationProgram #federalfunding #federalhealthcarefundingAlabamaPushalerts: #Health #healthcareaccess #insurance #insurancegap #Medicaid #MedicaidcoveragegapAlabama #Medicare #Myfoxal #WBRC
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/769953/ -
Heise Online: Cultural institutions call for a digital long-term archive for Germany. “The German National Library, the Federal Archives, and the German Literature Archive Marbach are calling for a digital long-term archive for German cultural heritage. According to their proposal, which they recently presented to the Bundestag committee for culture and media, the federal government should […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/14/heise-online-cultural-institutions-call-for-a-digital-long-term-archive-for-germany/ -
This program has kept thousands of Tulsa mothers and infants alive. It’s facing a funding death.
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This program has kept thousands of Tulsa mothers and infants alive. It’s facing a funding death.
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OP-ED: Indiana — Stop Playing Politics with Kids’ Food https://www.diningandcooking.com/?p=2723886 #AndreCarson #ChildHunger #ChildWelfare #ChildrensNutrition #CommunitySupport #DonaldTrump #ebt #featured #FederalFunding #food #FoodInsecurity #FoodPolicy #GovernmentAssistance #HoosierKids #Indiana #Indianapolis #NationalSchoolLunchProgram #PublicHealth #RepresentativeAndreCarson #SNAP #SummerEBT #SummerElectronicBenefitsTransfer #SummerMealsForKidsAct
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Decline in PhD Admissions Signals Concerns Over Scientific Talent Development
📰 Original title: Research Universities Are Admitting Fewer PhDs, a Bad Sign For Science
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
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Ars Technica: Trump’s plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors. “Last August, Trump created the National Design Studio, or NDS, by executive order. A temporary DOGE-like entity that answers only to the president, NDS was tasked with creating new standards to update the US Web Design System (USWDS) and overhaul 27,000 dot-gov websites in just three years…. Most people […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/01/ars-technica-trumps-plan-to-redesign-every-gov-website-leads-to-ai-designed-horrors/ -
Gizmodo: Here’s Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately. “Before the cuts, the NWS was launching weather balloons twice per day (once in the morning and once in the evening) from 100 locations. Today, the number of morning launches in the Lower 48 has been reduced by half, according to MyRadar senior meteorologist Matthew Cappucci.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/01/gizmodo-heres-why-weather-forecasts-have-seemed-so-inaccurate-lately/ -
American Library Association: American Library Association launches national advocacy campaign to fight FCC attack on library funding. “The American Library Association (ALA), along with Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition partners, announced a national advocacy campaign today after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to advance a proposal that asks whether the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/28/american-library-association-american-library-association-launches-national-advocacy-campaign-to-fight-fcc-attack-on-library-funding/ -
JMIR Publications: The Future of Online Misinformation Research: Tackling the Landscape With Integrity and Urgency. “Since early 2025, the scientific research and funding landscape has faced tremendous changes and challenges in the United States. In this News and Perspectives article, health communication scholar, former program official of the National Cancer Institute, and JMIR Correspondent […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/23/the-future-of-online-misinformation-research-tackling-the-landscape-with-integrity-and-urgency-jmir-publications/ -
Make a public comment to stop the fascist political takeover of federal science funding!
Stand Up for Science:
OMB’s latest proposed rule, “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance,” would require all scientific grants to be approved by political appointees, not career experts in their fields. Funding would be required to align with “Administration policies and priorities.”
It’s way worse than that sounds. Read more: https://indivisiblesf.org/call-scripts/2026/6/16/oppose-fascist-political-takeover-of-federal-science-funding
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CNN: Trump administration ditches plan to close a critical ocean monitoring system after furious bipartisan backlash. “The Trump administration is U-turning on its controversial decision to dismantle a critical ocean monitoring system that provides vital information on the health of the world’s oceans, after a bipartisan backlash in Congress. The Ocean Observatories Initiative was established […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/19/cnn-trump-administration-ditches-plan-to-close-a-critical-ocean-monitoring-system-after-furious-bipartisan-backlash/ -
The Guardian: A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone. “Today, however, the future of the world’s largest open-access digital library for biodiversity literature is under threat. Earlier this year the Smithsonian Institution, which has faced severe funding cuts under the Trump administration, stopped hosting the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/18/a-bonanza-for-fans-of-the-natural-world-the-digital-library-sharing-64m-pages-of-scientific-knowledge-with-everyone-the-guardian/ -
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5357619
Universities push back against Trump's cuts on #federalfunding
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( #OneidaNation of the Thames, a #FirstNation just south of #LondonON that has been on a #BoilWaterAdvisory since 2019, has #secured $43 million in #FederalFunding to bring treated #DrinkingWater to the community.
The connection to the #LakeHuron Primary #Water System will supply #PotableWater to more than 500 homes & public buildings to the community, which is home to nearly 2,200 residents.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6788184