US Trump Budget: Kills Science, Plumps Military/DHS, Sinks US Prospects Further

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-presidential-budget-2018-proposal/

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has released a budget
"blueprint" which outlines substantial cuts in both basic research and
applied technology funding. The proposal includes a whopping 18%
reduction in National Institutes of Health medical research. NIH does
get a new $500 million fund to track emerging infectious agents like
Zika in the U.S., but loses its funding to monitor those agents
overseas. The Department of Energy's research programs also get an 18%
cut in research, potentially affecting basic physics research, high
energy physics, fusion research, and supercomputing. Advanced Research
Projects Agency (ARPA-E) gets the ax, as does the Advanced Technology
Vehicle Manufacturing Program, which enabled Tesla to manufacture its
Model S sedan. EPA loses all climate research funding, and about half
the research funding targeted at human health impacts of pollution.
The Energy Star program is eliminated; Superfund funding is
drastically reduced. The Chesapeake Bay and Great Lakes cleanup
programs are also eliminated, as is all screening of pesticides for
endocrine disruption. In the Department of Commerce, Sea Grant is
eliminated, along with all coastal zone research funding. Existing
weather satellites GOES and JPSS continue funding, but JPSS-3 and -4
appear to be getting the ax. Support for transfer of federally funded
research and technology to small and mid-sized manufacturers is
eliminated. NASA gets a slight trim, and a new focus on deep space
exploration paid for by an elimination of Earth Science programs. You
can read more about this "blueprint" in Nature, Science, and the
Washington Post, which broke the story. The Environmental Protection
Agency, the State Department and Agriculture Department took the
hardest hits, while the Defense Department, Department of Homeland
Security, and Department of Veterans Affairs have seen their budgets
grow.