<div dir="ltr">Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.<br><br>These Newly Elected Lawmakers Know Something Trump Doesn’t: Science<br><br>Among those elected to Congress on Tuesday are a mathematician, a microbiologist and a chemical engineer. They plan to take on a White House that has threatened funding cuts to research.<br><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/science/scientists-election-congress.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OVE.CORi.2GGOa3CWF85o&smid=em-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/science/scientists-election-congress.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OVE.CORi.2GGOa3CWF85o&smid=em-share</a></div>