The Trump administration has dismissed every member of the National Science Board, the body that advises the president and Congress on the National Science Foundation.
The NSF was already operating at historically low funding levels with significant grant delays before this move. The agency has a direct lineage to MRI technology, cellular communications, and early-stage companies like Duolingo. Removing its oversight board does not pause its obligations, it just eliminates the accountability layer.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, ranking Democrat on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, has responded publicly. The full story includes her statement and details on what statutory authority, if any, governs these dismissals. That question is what makes this worth reading in full.
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