The Make America Healthy Again Commission Releases Assessment of Children’s Health
On February 13, President Donald Trump published an executive order (EO), Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy (MAHA) Again Commission. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F, Kennedy chairs the Commission, which has 14 members, including Linda McMahon, Secretary of …
Court Blocks ED Cuts as McMahon Testifies on FY26 Budget
In recent weeks, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has appeared before both the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) to defend the Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2026 (FY26) budget request …
HHS Secretary Testifies in Series of Hill Hearings on FY26 Presidential Budget
Over the past two weeks, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before three congressional committees defending the Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2026 (FY26) budget request for HHS, often referred to as the “skinny budget,” released …
Senator Sanders Releases Report: “Trump’s War on Science”
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), recently released a report detailing the Trump administration’s ongoing war on science. HELP minority staff studied previous years’ spending, analyzed data on grant …
House Science Minority Report Rejects “So-Called Findings” of Cruz Report on NSF Grants
Democratic leadership of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology recently issued a report titled Defending the Hidden Figures: A Rebuttal of Erroneous Attacks on Merit-Based, Fair, and Competitive STEM Grants. The report documents the unreliable and problematic claims …
FABBS Supports Researchers with NSF Grant Terminations
For the past five Fridays, researchers, universities, and other entities with grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) have received termination notices. As of May 21, the count was up to at least 1,600 grants for a growing list of …
