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Although many of the hikes are less than what the Biden administration had requested, the draft legislation calls for a boost in spending for agencies like NASA, the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Energy.

If signed, the law would boost funding for independent contractors to kill wolves and would allow for more than 90 percent of the population in the state to be taken by hunters.

A bipartisan bill aims to increase the National Science Foundation’s budget over the next five years and form a new technology directorate.

The Trump-era regulation, which allowed certain studies to be downplayed in the development of environmental regulations, drew sharp criticism from scientists and environmental groups.

Administration officials and lawmakers say the move is to shore up national security threats, but university professors argue such cancellations represent targeted discrimination.

The National Defense Authorization Act calls for a new task force and roundtable to limit foreign government involvement in federally funded research.

Recent federal announcements serve as reminders that in the US policy continues to outpace science when it comes to cannabis.

Robert Wilkie, head of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, defends controversial research practices that have been heavily criticized by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

Opponents of the proposal call the changes a “wildlife extinction package.”

In 2017, the agency began posting redacted records, but Congress is now demanding full transparency.

The proposed tax on graduate tuition waivers would significantly increase students’ taxable income.

If made law, the American Health Care Act passed today in the US House would eliminate the Obamacare-funded initiative.

Representatives follow the lead of senators in drafting a bill that would encourage federal scientists to share data.

The legislation will now go to the US House of Representatives, where it will likely pass.

The legislation allocates only $622 million to the effort to help the country respond to the impending spread of the mosquito-borne disease.

The US National Institutes of Health would receive a $2 billion increase if the 2016 spending bill makes it through Congress unchanged.

Lawmakers in the country are moving to blacklist western scientists and foundations that support overseas scholarship.

A measure moving through the California legislature requires farmers to obtain a prescription to administer antibiotics to livestock.

The 60 NIH chimpanzees that were set to enjoy their remaining years at a sanctuary in Louisiana will have to wait a little longer, thanks to Congress’s ongoing budgeting problems.