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Congress still has ways to throttle back Trump’s war with Iran – and to ask questions

Congress still has ways to throttle back Trump’s war with Iran – and to ask questions

Despite the scale of its military assault on Iran, the Trump administration’s reasons for entering into war have been inconsistent and vague, from regime change to the destruction of nuclear weapons, preempting military action by Israel, or the more chilling decree of following “God’s divine plan.” Politicians, pundits
SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, University of Virginia, Charlie Hunt, Boise State University
Universities survived Trump’s 2025 funding freeze, but the money still isn’t flowing to researchers

Universities survived Trump’s 2025 funding freeze, but the money still isn’t flowing to researchers

(EAST LANSING, MICH.) Several prominent universities, including Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania, made headlines in 2025 in a dizzying back-and-forth with the federal government. The Trump administration cut large amounts of research funding to universities. Some pushed back, and others hatched settlements to get the money
Brendan Cantwell, Michigan State University