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A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill seeking increased funding for certain fields, including synthetic biology, ScienceInsider reports. 

The Verge reports that the US will begin pilot programs to collect DNA from individuals detained at the border this week.

The New York Times looks into the waning influence of science on US governmental policy-making.

Sethuraman Panchanathan from Arizona State University is to be the nominee to be the next director of the National Science Foundation.

According to E&E News, the Trump Administration is weighing an executive order to require federally funded research to be freely available upon publication.

Seven individuals have been named to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, ScienceInsider reports.

A new report examines increased threats to scientific independence in the US, the Guardian reports.

The Trump Administration plans to add DNA samples from individuals in immigration custody to the FBI crime database, the New York Times reports.

Nature News reports that Congress needs to move quickly to pass spending bills before the fiscal year ends to fund science agencies.