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Al Jazeera
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
US Supreme Court backs Trump push for mass firings at Education Department
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump can proceed with plans to slash funding and resources for the federal Department of Education. The conservative-majority court ruled on Monday that the government could move forward with plans to lay off nearly 1,400 employees as part of Trump's push to effectively dismantle the department. 'While today's ruling is a significant win for students and families, it is a shame that the highest court in the land had to step in to allow President Trump to advance the reforms Americans elected him to deliver using the authorities granted to him by the US Constitution,' Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement celebrating the decision. Monday's ruling cancels a previous order on the administration's efforts to fire about 1,400 workers at the Education Department, which US District Judge Myong Joun had ruled against in May, stating that it would 'likely cripple the department'. A US Court of Appeals agreed in a ruling on June 4 that the cuts would make it 'effectively impossible for the Department to carry out its statutory functions', which include overseeing student loans and enforcing civil rights law in US education, the site of previous political battles over issues such as federal efforts to combat racial segregation. Critics have accused the Trump administration of working to effectively abolish federal agencies, established and funded by Congress, through a maximalist interpretation of executive power. Trump and his Republican allies have depicted federal agencies as being at odds with their political agenda, and as hotbeds of leftist ideology and bureaucratic excess. The Trump administration has also sought to impose greater control over US universities, seeking a larger role in shaping curricula and threatening to withdraw federal funds if universities do not comply with government demands concerning issues such as cracking down on pro-Palestine student activism. In response to the court's decision on Monday, a liberal legal group that helped bring the challenge to Trump's efforts lamented that the ruling 'dealt a devastating blow to this nation's promise of public education for all children'.
Al Jazeera
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
US Supreme Court gives nod to Trump's push to gut federal education agency
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump can proceed with plans to slash funding and resources for the federal Department of Education. The conservative-majority court ruled on Monday that the government could move forward with plans to lay off nearly 1,400 employees as part of Trump's push to effectively dismantle the department. 'While today's ruling is a significant win for students and families, it is a shame that the highest court in the land had to step in to allow President Trump to advance the reforms Americans elected him to deliver using the authorities granted to him by the US Constitution,' Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement celebrating the decision. Monday's ruling cancels a previous order on the administration's efforts to fire about 1,400 workers at the Education Department, which US District Judge Myong Joun had ruled against in May, stating that it would 'likely cripple the department'. A US Court of Appeals agreed in a ruling on June 4 that the cuts would make it 'effectively impossible for the Department to carry out its statutory functions', which include overseeing student loans and enforcing civil rights law in US education, the site of previous political battles over issues such as federal efforts to combat racial segregation. Critics have accused the Trump administration of working to effectively abolish federal agencies, established and funded by Congress, through a maximalist interpretation of executive power. Trump and his Republican allies have depicted federal agencies as being at odds with their political agenda, and as hotbeds of leftist ideology and bureaucratic excess. The Trump administration has also sought to impose greater control over US universities, seeking a larger role in shaping curricula and threatening to withdraw federal funds if universities do not comply with government demands concerning issues such as cracking down on pro-Palestine student activism. In response to the court's decision on Monday, a liberal legal group that helped bring the challenge to Trump's efforts lamented that the ruling 'dealt a devastating blow to this nation's promise of public education for all children'.
New York Times
09-07-2025
- Science
- New York Times
Recipients of a U.S. Climate Science Fellowship Are Put on Unpaid Leave
A program that supports the nation's most promising climate scientists faces delayed funding, furloughs and a canceled year of grants, according to participants in the program and emails reviewed by the Times. It's the latest hit climate science has taken from the Trump administration, which has been limiting funds for climate research across a number of federal agencies. Every year since 1991, the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration has offered competitive grants to a small number of scientists. The awards, under the Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, have supported more than 230 researchers, many of whom have gone on to be leaders in global climate and atmospheric research. 'It would be a real shame for this program to go,' said Lilian Dove, an oceanographer at Brown University and one of the fellowship recipients who received the furlough notice on Monday. 'They do a great job of funding basic science that improves our understanding of how the world works.' After the selection process for new fellows was finished this year, no one received offers because the funding situation at NOAA was too uncertain. The Trump administration's proposed budget cuts all funding for NOAA's climate research. And the latest funding for researchers already in the program has yet to appear. Ten researchers were placed on unpaid leave on Monday, effective through the end of September. 'It's frustrating,' Dr. Dove said. The funding delay and furlough have interrupted the final months of her research on how the Southern Ocean stores heat and carbon, a critical part of the global climate cycle. Many of the fellows collaborate with researchers in other fields and around the world, so when their work is delayed, their teammates are left to keep making progress alone. Other fellows in the program study a range of climate topics including wildfires and air pollution, extreme precipitation and flooding, climate change at the poles, sea level rise and more. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Fast Company
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Fast Company
Scientists are holding a ‘science fair' in the lobby of a Congressional building to show what the US stands to lose with cuts
All's fair on Capitol Hill. In response to the Trump administration's wide-ranging science cuts and grant cancellations, researchers and scientists staged a 'science fair' in the lobby of a Congressional building in Washington D.C. to bring awareness to what potential knowledge the United States could miss out on as a result. The fair is being held just days after Trump signed the 'Big, Beautiful Bill' into law, which codifies many spending cuts and funding cancellations for scientific endeavors of all types—from climate research to medical trials. Billions of dollars that were destined for researchers and scientists in the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and other organizations. In effect, the U.S. is ceding its place as a leader in research and development—a role it has held for decades, and which has led to the development of cures for diseases and disorders, advanced military technology, and, of course, put a man on the moon. The funding cuts and cancellations are widespread, and it's difficult to lasso them all. But even with what's been cancelled or clawed back so far, Trump is looking to reduce spending on science further. In the budget request he released in May, billions more would be cut from NIH, NSF, the Department of Education, and completely eliminate funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences, and more. In response, Sudip Parikh, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), released a statement saying just how dangerous the cuts could be. 'If enacted, the FY26 budget request would end America's global scientific leadership. The cuts to science would imperil our nation's future health, security and prosperity. This budget proposal stands in stark contrast to the President's call for a renewed commitment to American scientific leadership,' he wrote. 'Congress has demonstrated a bipartisan commitment to investment in research and must do so again to answer the President's call. That's all to say that despite the demonstrations by scientists, and the potential long-term economic effects of cuts, the Trump administration may still not be done. Just within the past couple of days, Trump cut off researchers in the U.K. from utilizing data collected by U.S. satellites to study pollution and climate change, according to reporting from the U.K.-based The i Paper. Per that report, Rachel Cauley, OMB communications director at the White House, responded to worried scientists by saying that 'President Trump ran on defunding woke, weaponized, and wasteful government and his budget proudly does that by cutting funding for the Green New Scam, projects like 'gender-responsive agricultural adaptation' in Guatemala and Mexico, and 'Equity Climate and Health' workshops for 'transgender women, and those who identify as non-binary.' Under Trump's leadership, the US is funding real science again.'
Bloomberg
02-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Jersey Shore School Threatens Bankruptcy Over Property Tax Spat
A New Jersey school district is threatening to file bankruptcy after years of state funding cuts, escalating a showdown with Governor Phil Murphy's administration. The Toms River Regional School District — located on the Jersey Shore — opted not to pass a budget that would raise taxes at its June 30 board meeting. Instead, school board president Ashley Lamb has authorized district staff to consult with bankruptcy attorneys and begin the process for filing for Chapter 9 protection, she said.
