Trump Fires NSF Board, Threatens Science Leadership

It's April 26, California news today starts now, AI powered and ready.

The White House just fired all 22 members of the National Science Board, the group that

sets policies for the National Science Foundation.

This happened Friday with a short email from President Trump's personnel office, thanking

them for their service but ending their terms immediately.

No reasons given and no word on replacements.

The Board advises the President and Congress on science progress and the NSF pumps over

$9 billion a year into basic research and education across non-medical fields.

Created 75 years ago under President Truman to keep America ahead in science during the

Cold War, it's always been independent.

Scientists are calling this a gut punch to US leadership and tech and innovation.

One board member said it clears the way for the administration to push its own budgets

without checks from Congress.

Congresswoman Zoe Laufgren slammed it as another dumb move hurting American science.

This fits a pattern.

The NSF director spots been empty since April of last year.

Budget cuts keep getting proposed and other federal science.

Advisory groups have been cleared out too.

Trump's picked a venture capitalist with no science background to lead NSF, drawing heavy

fire from experts.

Without that independent oversight, we might see a narrow focus on things like AI projects

over broad training for future scientists.

Basic research thrives on unpredictable breakthroughs from human ingenuity and sidelining

that could leave us playing ketchup globally.

Stay sharp on this one.