Federal Budget Cuts

In-depth analysis of the wide-ranging impacts of federal budget cuts. Our experts provide non-partisan research and policy analysis on how federal funding cuts are affecting various communities, programs, and government functions.

Demonstrators with group Crimson Courage, who gathered to support Harvard University outside a hearing before a federal judge to order U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to restore about $2.5 billion in canceled federal grants and cease efforts to cut off research funding, are reflected in a window of the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., on July 21, 2025.

U.S. Government & Politics The end of the endless frontier? A warning on research cuts

Michael Feuer

July 24, 2025

Education Secretary Linda McMahon arrives to testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the proposed FY2026 budget for the Department of Education at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2025.

Education Budget cuts threaten federal protections for homeless students

Jennifer Erb-Downward, Barbara Duffield

July 21, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump presents a sweeping spending and tax legislation, known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," after he signed it, at the White House in Washington, D.C, U.S., on July 4, 2025.

Federal Fiscal & Tax Policy The new tax bill burdens an already overburdened IRS

Ellis Chen, Vanessa Williamson

July 17, 2025

A view of the U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 1, 2025.

Education Access & Equity Block granting federal education funds comes with trade-offs

Nora Gordon

July 15, 2025

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