Trump tried to cut science funding but courts and Congress saw otherwise

NBC News- About a year ago, it seemed the sky was falling for American scientific research.

President Donald Trump’s administration cut thousands of workers at federal science agencies, squeezed the flow of grant money to universities and tried to slash funding for the overhead costs of research. 

Officials also targeted elite universities, clawed back grants on diverse topics and proposed drastic cuts to agencies like NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

But, a year later, science, education and civil rights organizations have beaten back some of the most significant policy changes in court, preserving billions in science funding.

And the House followed the Senate in passing a funding package that includes a modest increase for research through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), rebuffing Trump’s request to slash its funding by more than 40%.  Read more about the story here.