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The proposal would break up and significantly defund the agency across programs, curtailing everything from ocean research to coastal management while shifting one of NOAA’s robust satellite programs out of the agency and putting another up for commercial bidding.
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Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2025
In the first three months of his term, district judges have issued seventeen nationwide injunctions, blocking executive orders that, among other things, sought to end birthright citizenship, defund the Department of Education, and ban transgender people from serving in the military.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Continue reading … 'OFF THE LEGAL RAILS' – Trump administration's efforts to defund Harvard divides conservatives.
—FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, other federal agencies are making similar moves to defund research.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
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Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2025
In the first three months of his term, district judges have issued seventeen nationwide injunctions, blocking executive orders that, among other things, sought to end birthright citizenship, defund the Department of Education, and ban transgender people from serving in the military.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Continue reading … 'OFF THE LEGAL RAILS' – Trump administration's efforts to defund Harvard divides conservatives.
—FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, other federal agencies are making similar moves to defund research.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defund. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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