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- The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed a rule requiring political appointees to approve grant awards, raising corruption risk.
- Federal science agencies lost nearly 118,000 employees from Sep 2024 to Feb 2026.
- Cuts slashed the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) staff by 41.7% and Alaska’s federal science workforce by 36.7%.
- R&D spending fell a quarter between FY 2024 and FY 2025, cutting funding in 36 states and two-thirds of districts.
