Gerald Winegrad: Trump is making America stupid again | COMMENTARY

Opinion: The United States is facing a painful brain drain and subversion of science under the Trump administration, writes Gerald Winegrad.

The Baltimore Sun·14h ago

Adam Schiff Warns Trump Research Cuts Put US Innovation Edge at Risk: 'We Cannot Let These Harmful Polici

Benzinga·6d ago

Dartmouth College is one of 36 schools supporting Harvard in its lawsuit against the Trump administration over research funding

Dartmouth College is one of 36 schools supporting Harvard in its lawsuit against the Trump administration over research funding.

Yahoo·Aug 5

The White House Is Keeping Its AI Cybersecurity Framework Secret

The Trump administration shared the details of its plan with OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI labs on Tuesday. For now, the public remains in the dark.

Wired AI·Aug 4

How One Startup Built a (Mostly) China-Free Robot

Ati Robotics assembles its robots in India and uses just a few Chinese parts—a strategy that could pay off as the Trump administration cracks down on Chinese humanoids.

Wired AI·Aug 4

Spending bill blocks Trump plan to politicize grants

A spending bill unveiled Sunday by Senate Republicans would temporarily block the Trump administration’s proposal to give political appointees control over hundreds of billions of dollars in ...

The Hill on MSN·Aug 3

The White House thinks AI can replace the best source of American innovation

Basic scientific research gave the nation its technological edge. But the Trump administration is skeptical of the universities that do it.

The Boston Globe·4d ago

UC seeks congressional help as Trump administration slows research grants

UC's president is urging California's congressional delegation to intervene as sharp slowdowns in federal science funding delay research and threaten university jobs.

San Francisco Chronicle on MSN·Aug 6

Shakeup after shakeup. How Trump admin's changes are hitting NC college research

Schools like N.C. State, UNC Chapel Hill and UNC Charlotte are seeing different patterns in their grant funding this year.

Charlotte Observer on MSN·Aug 5

A Critique of Trump's Plan

Minding The Campus·Aug 4

Trump Administration Tries A New Reform Pitch To The Nation’s Universities

The Trump administration has sent a letter to the nation’s universities asking them to answer how they will address reforms in seven policy areas before the end of 2026.

Forbes·Aug 3

Here are all the ways that Trump has tried to kill US science research

The White House assault on scientific grants is an integral part of its general blitzkrieg on U.S. science. In a one-year retrospective on the current Trump term published in January, Nature counted...

Las Vegas Sun·Aug 2

Adam Schiff Warns Trump Research Cuts Put US Innovation Edge at Risk: 'We Cannot Let These Harmful Policies…'

Yahoo·6d ago

To Fix Higher Education, Fund Heterodox Research

Restoring the academy requires more than budget cuts—it needs grant funding for the research that the Left has ignored.

City Journal·Aug 6

Trump’s AI testing plan is limited and vague

The Trump administration's framework for assessing potential cybersecurity risks posed by advanced AI reportedly has no interest in testing open models. Axios reports that not only do the voluntary...

The Verge AI·Aug 5

US move to overhaul science funding prompts some agreement and much doubt

Although researchers agree with the some of the critiques in a new report about the US research system, they are wary of the proposed changes ...

C&EN·Aug 4

Trump administration urges college leaders to pledge sweeping reforms

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said higher education has “drifted from the principles that built up so much public esteem,” adding that Americans’ trust in universities has reached record lows.

Yahoo·Aug 3

Trump Admin To Tech Companies: Give Us Ownership And We'll Give You Funding

The Department of Commerce announced Wednesday that it will provide $870 million in federal funding to seven tech companies in exchange for minority ownership stakes. The CHIPS Research and ...

AOL·Jul 31