Trump budget decried as an 'assault on science'
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Rebecca Trager2017-05-24T14:32:00
Dramatic cuts to key US science agencies and research programmes proposed again, but Congress will have the last word
Total US government spending on research would decline by nearly 17% under the final 2018 budget proposed by President Trump yesterday, according to a preliminary analysis by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). ‘If the White House budget plan were to become law, it would devastate America’s science and technology enterprise,’ said Rush Holt, the AAAS chief executive, during a teleconference with reporters.