White House Purges Science Board

President Trump has removed all 24 members of the National Science Board, the presidentially appointed body that oversees and sets large‑scale policy for the National Science Foundation. The board had statutory oversight of NSF spending and had publicly criticized a prior proposed budget cut, and NSF has lacked a permanent director for a year. — This signals an acute risk of political control over federal science governance, with downstream effects on funding priorities, research independence, and the credibility of science advice to government.