On March 7, 2025 the Department of Defense announced that it is scrapping its portfolio of social science research. The announcement acknowledged that studies affected by this cut include “those focused on global migration patterns, climate change impacts, and social trends.” The decision responds to President Trump's Executive Order titled Restoring America's Fighting Force, which prohibits the Department from "promoting, advancing, or otherwise inculcating ... un-American, divisive, discriminatory, radical, extremist, and irrational theories."