What a Democratic Congress Could Mean for Science

NYT Science Friday 06 November 2026, 10:03 UTC By Benjamin Mueller, Carolyn Y. Johnson, Cade Metz and Kenneth Chang 1 min read

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Preparing to redeploy a National Science Foundation data-gathering buoy in the Pacific last month after the Trump administration ordered the network of ocean monitors dismantled earlier this year.

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