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This comes after Kiley previously introduced a bill to defund the project, and asked the Department of Transportation to initiate a probe.
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Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration has flaunted its contempt for many of the country’s cultural, scholarly, scientific, medical, and educational institutions while announcing its intention to defund and destroy them.
—Elaine Weiss, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025
Roberts' vote against Trump on whether to defund the aid agency, USAID, shifts the context of speculation that Trump was thanking Roberts for supporting his second term political agenda.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, funding agencies and research institutions are striving to prove the legitimacy of animal research to the public even as the Trump administration seeks to defund science.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
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Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration has flaunted its contempt for many of the country’s cultural, scholarly, scientific, medical, and educational institutions while announcing its intention to defund and destroy them.
—Elaine Weiss, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025
Roberts' vote against Trump on whether to defund the aid agency, USAID, shifts the context of speculation that Trump was thanking Roberts for supporting his second term political agenda.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, funding agencies and research institutions are striving to prove the legitimacy of animal research to the public even as the Trump administration seeks to defund science.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defund. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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