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Source: Washington Post

Trump ousts National Science Board members

Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their positions were being terminated.

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April 25, 2026 at 2:51 p.m. EDT today at 2:51 p.m. EDT


Members of the National Science Board, which advises Congress and the president and sets policies for the U.S. National Science Foundation, were dismissed recently. (U.S. National Science Foundation/AP)

By Carolyn Y. Johnson

Multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation’s nearly $9 billion basic science funding agency were terminated from their positions Friday by President Donald Trump.

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