{"id":264517,"date":"2026-06-04T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/researchers-say-a-new-trump-rule-could-destroy-american-science-as-we-know-it\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T00:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:00:41","slug":"researchers-say-a-new-trump-rule-could-destroy-american-science-as-we-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/researchers-say-a-new-trump-rule-could-destroy-american-science-as-we-know-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers say a new Trump rule could destroy American science as we know it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/04\/climate\/trump-omb-funding-rule-climate-science\">Researchers say a new Trump rule could destroy American science as we know it<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/04\/climate\/trump-omb-funding-rule-climate-science\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/04\/climate\/trump-omb-funding-rule-climate-science<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-04 09:17:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnn.com\">www.cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <strong class=\"ai-article-summary__title\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__stars-icon\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n            <span>Summary<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/strong><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__toggle-caret-up\" aria-label=\"Toggle Article Summary\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__toggle-caret-down\" aria-label=\"Toggle Article Summary\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ai-article-summary__items\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">Scientists are raising the alarm over a White House proposal that would give political appointees control over federal scientific grants.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">The rule would end the longstanding peer review process for grantmaking and ban research on diversity and gender topics.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">Researchers warn the changes could harm fields from cancer treatment to climate science and set American research back years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__disclaimer-text\">AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpyhdx68001q28qj6a2wg4oy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Scientists across multiple disciplines are sounding the alarm after the White House proposed taking greater control over how scientific research gets funded and allowing political appointees to decide whether to approve scientific grants.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpykypdb00023b6rtt5z9fpj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Critics of the proposed rule say it would codify the administration\u2019s attempts to destroy the scientific research enterprise in the US that has led to remarkable discoveries on treating cancer, HIV and rare diseases \u2014 as well as understanding weather and climate science and developing artificial intelligence. 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