In a surprising move, Congress is standing up to the Trump administration's drastic budget cuts. A Senate meeting revealed a bipartisan effort to protect science funding, with only minor reductions proposed for key agencies. The fight over funding for the FBI headquarters, however, threatens to derail progress.
Speaker Mike Johnson proposes a clean government funding extension to prevent a shutdown, aiming to incorporate cuts from Elon Musk’s efficiency initiative for fiscal year 2026.
