US lawmakers vote to reject Trump’s massive budget cuts — but call for substantial decreases

A draft bill would preserve NASA’s overall funding but downsize the National Science Foundation’s budget by 20%.

Members of the US House of Representatives signalled that they would again reject a proposal by the administration of US President Donald Trump to slash science spending. But the bill advanced by a House subcommittee on Thursday still calls for substantial cuts to science education and spending by agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Senate, which also has a say on federal budgets, has yet to schedule a hearing on its own spending bill.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01427-6