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U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts

May 31, 2025 at 7:09 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “As the Trump administration moves with abandon to deny visas, expel foreign students and slash spending on research, scientists in the United States are becoming increasingly alarmed. The global supremacy that the United States has long enjoyed in health, biology, the physical sciences and other fields, they warn, may be coming to an end.”

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