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Roberts' vote against Trump on whether to defund the aid agency, USAID, shifts the context of speculation that Trump was thanking Roberts for supporting his second term political agenda.—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025 Meanwhile, funding agencies and research institutions are striving to prove the legitimacy of animal research to the public even as the Trump administration seeks to defund science.—Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025 Pending the outcome of a legal motion filed this month by an employee union, the administration has agreed not to fire more personnel, alter or remove data or defund the agency.—Douglas Gillison, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025 The big picture: There are few such requirements left, but the move echoes a campaign pledge to defund schools with vaccine mandates and comes a day after noted vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as HHS secretary.—Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for defund
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