Science & Society

Science has made America great. Is that era over?

The Trump administration cut billions in funding and fired thousands of researchers in 2025

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Recent actions undercut decades of U.S. government support for science, threatening the nation’s role as a global leader in biomedicine, space exploration and more.

Martin O’Neill

By Science News Staff

When the United States faced the looming threat of World War II in the 1930s, it bet big on science — and won.