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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.
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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
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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
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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defund. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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