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The cuts to science would also affect programs that support human spaceflight, such as heliophysics, a division that helps reaserchers understand the deadly in-space radiation that is a top concern for astronauts.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026 -
The camp is entirely dependent on aid, disrupted after cuts by USAID last year and again by fighting between Syrian and Kurdish forces this February.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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So far, American and United both sound supportive of the flight reductions at O'Hare, at least in public.—
Joel Rose,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
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The settlement also reverses the executive order’s termination of grants and staff IMLS staff reductions.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
13 Apr. 2026
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