The Trump administration has fired members of the independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation. These dismissals mark the president’s latest assault on scientific research organizations.
Board members were notified of their terminations on Friday via an email sent from the Presidential Personnel Office.
The reported mass-firing comes after the Trump administration proposed drastic cuts to the National Science Foundation’s budget. Additionally, the members had planned to release a report stating that the United States is ceding scientific ground to China.