President Trump just released his budget plan for the next fiscal year, which proposes some big changes in government spending. NIH faces a massive budget cut under President Trump's budget blueprint. [Trump budget would create seismic disruption in medical and scientific research]Other science organizations are similarly alarmed. President Trump made a lot of promises to the American people during his campaign, but parts of his spending proposal seem to contradict some of those pledges. “I would question why is it the role of the federal government to be funding science across the board.

Source: Washington Post March 16, 2017 16:58 UTC