These Newly Elected Lawmakers Know Something Trump Doesn’t: Science
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- NYT reports: “Among those elected to Congress on Tuesday are a mathematician, a microbiologist and a chemical engineer. They plan to take on a White House that has threatened funding cuts to research.”
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