US EditionTrump slashed US cancer research by 31 percent: Senate report
- On Tuesday, Senator Bernie Sanders published a report revealing that cancer research grants were reduced by nearly one-third during the first quarter of 2025 under the Trump administration.
- These reductions came after the administration cut health funding by more than $13.5 billion and laid off thousands of scientific personnel amid accusations of undermining science.
- The report revealed widespread disorder within Health and Human Services, including a $2.7 billion reduction in NIH funding, setbacks in clinical trials, and the cancellation of grants focused on vaccines and diversity research.
- Senator Sanders stated that Trump denies scientific truth and called the administration’s attack unprecedented and illegal, warning it will cause preventable suffering and needless loss of life.
- Experts warn these actions risk long-term damage to US scientific leadership, potentially driving talent overseas and enabling competitors like China to take global lead.
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udgtvTrump cut 31% of funding for cancer research in the U.S.
The U.S. government cut funding for cancer research by 31% in the first three months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, says a Senate report published on Tuesday that accuses the White House of waging a war "against science." The analysis, commissioned by leftist Senator Bernie Sanders, revealed that in the first three months of the year at least $13.5 billion in health funds, including 1,660 grants, have been abolished. Among the mo…
Tribal libraries across Alaska slash hours and programming amid Trump's cuts
The Klukwan Library has reduced its hours from 35 to four and canceled all future events amid federal funding cuts. (Photo by Jamie Katzeek) For thirty-five hours each week at the Klukwan Library, people study, check out books, and take workshops on everything from paddle making to Chilkat weaving. Or at least they used to. The Trump administration recently notified the tribal library that it was canceling two grants that account for the vast ma…
Trump slashed US cancer research by 31 percent — Senate report
US President Donald Trump's administration cut cancer research funding by 31 percent in the first three months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to a Senate report released Tuesday that accuses the White House of waging a "war on science."
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