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On February 26, a bipartisan group of 201 lawmakers, led by Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), reintroduced the American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Several AAU institutions were among the top producers of Fulbright recipients for 2024-2025.
Recent executive actions signal a forceful effort by the administration to cut government spending, scale back the federal workforce, and reduce the federal real estate footprint nationally, but particularly in Washington.
Over the last few days, the Trump administration has fired thousands of probationary federal employees, including at the nation’s premier science agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
The House Education and Workforce Committee voted 20-14 along party lines on February 12 to approve a bill that AAU warned would threaten the United States’ position as the world’s leader in cutting-edge scientific research by making international research collaborations more difficult.
Nearly half of colleges' and universities' endowment spending went toward funding student financial aid programs.
Federal agencies have begun expansive reviews of their grants and programs to ensure that they are in compliance with new executive orders issued by President Trump.
The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee emphasized the need for Congress to make strategic investments in the U.S. science and technology enterprise in its first full committee hearing of the 119th Congress.
A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that federal agencies may be underestimating the economic payoffs that result from federal investments in research and development.
While the OMB memo has been rescinded, much uncertainty remains for the scientists and researchers who rely on federal funds to do the critical scientific work that keeps our nation healthy, prosperous, and secure.