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WASHINGTONPOST (Cat Zakrzewski, Dan Diamond) - Trump to tout innovation ‘Golden Age’ amid funding cuts, researcher exodus

The administration wants to shift science money from universities to private firms. Lawmakers and others have pushed back.

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