The trust fund for the program, which supports roughly 68 million Americans, is on schedule to be depleted in the next six years. Benefits could be cut on average by 22 percent.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will testify Wednesday morning before the House Natural Resources Committee on President Trump‘s fiscal 2027 budget request for the department. The Trump administration is seeking $15.9 billion for the Interior Department. This marks a 12.9 percent decrease from 2026 funding, including cuts to what the president has called "Green New Scam” and duplicative or wasteful programs. The hearing comes as the administration has faced criticism over the cost of Trump's Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool renovation project. #burgum #interior #trumpadministration
The slowed pace of grants by the National Science Foundation, under attack from the White House, could put the United States at a disadvantage with China, the scientists warned.
Since Trump’s return to the White House, the administration has canceled or suspended nearly 1,400 of the agency's grants, citing changing policy priorities.
Will Mair, who studies aging, lost almost all his research funds when the White House cracked down on Harvard. He was wholly unprepared for the upheaval that followed.