The Trump administration's decision to slash nearly all U.S. foreign aid has left dozens of water and sanitation projects half-finished across the globe, creating new hazards for some of the people they were designed to benefit,

The Trump administration pushed back Sunday on criticism of the National Weather Service's initial forecasting and its staffing levels ahead Central Texas' catastrophic flooding. The big picture: The storm that's killed at least 80 people brought federal cuts to NOAA's NWS under scrutiny after it emerged that two Texas NWS offices were missing key staff at the time,

Massachusetts' Allston Multimodal transportation project is facing an uncertain future after being left with $8 million in funding.

Weather forecasting, climate research and climate resilience are being hit with major budget and staffing cuts by the Trump administration. And this all comes at a time when the U.S. is experiencing extreme rainfall supercharged by a hotter atmosphere that can hold much more moisture.

Hundreds of NASA scientists issued a rare public rebuke on Monday against the agency's funding cuts. More than 285 scientists signed a public letter to NASA interim administrator Sean Duffy, who also leads the Department of Transportation.

NASA faces a proposed $6 billion agency-wide funding cut by the Trump administration, including a 47% reduction of science missions and activities.

Republicans voted to claw back over $1 billion in funding to NPR and PBS, a move that is expected to harm rural public radio stations.