With a government shutdown looming, Senate Democrats claim NASA is taking steps to implement the Trump administration’s budget proposal before Congress acts on appropriations bills . The preemptive cuts are part of “an illegal plot” to gut the agency, they say.

“The Destruction of NASA’s Mission,” a report released Monday by the Democratic staff of the Senate Commerce Committee, alleges that the White House budget office has been pushing NASA to carry out the “devastating” cuts outlined in the 2026 budget proposal for months. The report cites evidence gleaned from whistleblower documents and interviews to argue that the budget office and NASA are acting in clear violation of the Constitution.

“While this report documents the illegal destruction happening at NASA, there can be no do

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