Daily Headlines: Science Federal judge blocks RFK Jr.’s overhauled vaccine panel from meeting or implementing changes to childhood immunization schedule. March 17, 2026 View Details NASA unanimously clears Artemis II for an April 1 launch, sending astronauts around the moon for the first time in over 50 years after months of delays. March 13, 2026 View Details FDA rejects autism use for drug its own commissioner promoted, approves it only for rare genetic condition affecting fewer than one in a million. March 11, 2026 View Details Anthropic sues over a dozen federal agencies and Pentagon leaders, calling its blacklisting for refusing to allow autonomous weapons and mass surveillance unconstitutional retaliation. March 10, 2026 View Details OpenAI robotics chief resigns over Pentagon deal, saying mass surveillance and lethal autonomy “deserved more deliberation,” days after Anthropic was blacklisted for the same objections. March 8, 2026 View Details Pentagon tech chief says Anthropic was blacklisted after refusing to allow fully autonomous weapons and mass surveillance of Americans, calls company’s safety limits “irrational.” March 7, 2026 View Details FDA vaccine chief Prasad to leave for a second time next month after falsely claiming Covid shots killed children and facing backlash over rare disease delays. March 7, 2026 View Details DOJ lawyer tells federal judge that RFK Jr.’s vaccine authority is “unreviewable,” including the hypothetical power to recommend Americans get measles instead of a vaccine. March 6, 2026 View Details Pentagon designates Anthropic a supply chain risk, the first American company ever blacklisted, after the AI firm refused to allow its models for autonomous weapons or mass surveillance. March 6, 2026 View Details Tylenol orders for pregnant ER patients fell 10% after Trump warned against use, while prescriptions rose 71% for an unproven autism drug he promoted, Lancet study finds. March 6, 2026 View Details CDC deploys disease detectives to South Carolina’s largest measles outbreak in 30 years, 22 weeks in, as the agency operates with 25% fewer staff. March 5, 2026 View Details Federal science workforce lost nearly 95,000 employees in 15 months as Trump cut Fish and Wildlife science contracts 100% and CDC contracts 79%. March 5, 2026 View Details Leaked database shows National Park Service flagged hundreds of exhibits on slavery, civil rights and climate change under Trump order banning content that “disparages” Americans. March 3, 2026 View Details NASA cancels Boeing’s multibillion-dollar rocket stage and restructures Artemis to attempt up to two lunar landings in 2028, citing China competition. February 28, 2026 View Details Trump bans all federal agencies from using Anthropic and Pentagon designates company a supply chain risk to national security, then signs identical safety terms with OpenAI hours later. February 28, 2026 View Details FDA plans quarterly bonuses for staff who complete drug reviews ahead of schedule as agency works to hire 1,000 scientists after exodus under RFK Jr. February 27, 2026 View Details Fifteen states sue HHS and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over revised childhood vaccine schedule that cut recommended immunizations from 17 diseases to 11 without scientific review. February 25, 2026 View Details Def. Secretary Hegseth gives Anthropic until Friday to drop AI safeguards or face Defense Production Act order, declaring Pentagon won’t let any company “dictate” operational terms. February 25, 2026 View Details NIST restricts foreign scientists’ lab access and cancels hiring plans, threatening the agency that sets U.S. standards for cybersecurity, semiconductors and AI with roughly 800 international researchers annually. February 22, 2026 View Details NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket requires rollback to its assembly building after a helium pressurization failure, pushing the first crewed lunar mission since 1972 from March into April. February 22, 2026 View Details South Carolina hospitals are not required to report measles hospitalizations, leaving doctors unable to tell patients how severe the outbreak is as cases approach 1,000. February 21, 2026 View Details EPA rolls back mercury and toxic emission limits on coal plants nationwide, returning to weaker Obama-era standards the Biden administration had tightened. February 21, 2026 View Details NASA targets March 6 for Artemis 2 launch after successful fueling test, sending four astronauts around the moon for the first time since 1972. February 21, 2026 View Details Trump invokes Defense Production Act to declare Roundup chemical glyphosate a national security priority one day after Bayer proposes $7.25 billion settlement in cancer lawsuits. February 20, 2026 View Details NASA formally declares Boeing’s 2024 Starliner crew flight a serious failure after internal report reveals astronauts nearly lost control of the spacecraft during docking. February 20, 2026 View Details FDA removes online warnings about dangerous unproven autism treatments as Kennedy restaffs federal autism panel with advocates of chlorine dioxide, raw camel milk and chelation. February 19, 2026 View Details FDA agrees to review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine after Trump’s vaccine chief initially rejected it by overruling career scientists who recommended the application proceed. February 19, 2026 View Details NIH director Bhattacharya adds acting CDC director to his portfolio, becoming the fifth person to lead the agency in 18 months as the 210-day nomination deadline approaches in late March. February 19, 2026 View Details FDA drops longtime requirement for two clinical studies before approving new drugs, a shift that primarily affects common diseases since 60% of novel disease drugs already cleared on single trials. February 19, 2026 View Details Seventeen health and environmental groups sue EPA over repeal of the endangerment finding, the 2009 scientific framework that allowed regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. February 19, 2026 View Details White House economic advisor Hassett calls for discipline of New York Fed researchers whose study found 90% of tariff costs fall on US companies and consumers. February 19, 2026 View Details Energy Secretary Wright threatens to withdraw the U.S. from the International Energy Agency unless it stops producing renewable energy scenarios and drops its net-zero work. February 18, 2026 View Details Six conservation groups sue Interior Secretary Burgum over removal of hundreds of exhibits on slavery, climate change, and Indigenous history from national parks. February 18, 2026 View Details Pentagon airlifts a five-megawatt nuclear reactor from California to Utah aboard three C-17s, the first time a nuclear reactor has been transported by military aircraft, with plans to generate power by July 4. February 16, 2026 View Details Pentagon threatens to sever its $200M relationship with Anthropic after the AI firm refuses to lift restrictions on mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. February 15, 2026 View Details Norwegian government scientist built a secret microwave pulse weapon, tested it on himself, and developed Havana syndrome symptoms, prompting Pentagon and White House visits in 2024. February 15, 2026 View Details NOAA plans to weaken vessel speed rules protecting North Atlantic right whales, now fewer than 400, days after a 3-year-old female washes up dead off Virginia. February 15, 2026 View Details WHO formally condemns a CDC-funded trial that would withhold a proven hepatitis B vaccine from 7,000 newborns in Guinea-Bissau, calling the study unethical and scientifically unjustified after two months of global backlash. February 14, 2026 View Details Two top RFK Jr. aides leave HHS in a White House-driven shakeup to sharpen health messaging ahead of midterm elections, including the acting CDC director who rarely visited the agency. February 14, 2026 View Details Pentagon used Anthropic’s Claude AI in the military operation to capture Maduro despite the company’s policy prohibiting use of its tools to facilitate violence. February 14, 2026 View Details FDA’s top vaccine regulator single-handedly rejected Moderna’s flu shot application over a trial design the agency had previously approved, overruling career scientists who wrote a formal objection. February 13, 2026 View Details EPA revokes the 2009 scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health, eliminating the legal foundation for all federal climate regulation. February 13, 2026 View Details National Cancer Institute is spending taxpayer funds to study ivermectin as a cancer treatment, alarming career scientists who call it “absurd.” February 11, 2026 View Details FDA refuses to review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine despite no safety or efficacy concerns, rejecting a clinical trial design the agency itself approved in 2024. February 11, 2026 View Details Harvard psychiatrist says Kennedy was “not accurate” in claiming his keto studies “cured” schizophrenia, cautioning that evidence remains preliminary and patients should not stop medications. February 7, 2026 View Details Trump for the third time rolls back Obama-era protections on a nearly 5,000 square mile Atlantic marine monument, reopening it to commercial fishing. February 7, 2026 View Details Energy Secretary Wright credits emergency orders keeping aging coal plants open for preventing blackouts, while critics say the policy costs consumers $3 billion per year. February 7, 2026 View Details RFK Jr. tells Tennessee crowd the keto diet can “cure” schizophrenia, citing a 2019 paper on two patients while psychiatrists call the claim misleading and unsupported. February 6, 2026 View Details NASA delays Artemis II lunar mission by at least 30 days after liquid hydrogen leak discovered during dress rehearsal. February 5, 2026 View Details Federal judge rules Energy Department violated federal law by forming secret climate group that met 18 times to produce report downplaying global warming. January 31, 2026 View Details NASA delays Artemis II fueling test until Monday after “rare arctic outbreak” sweeps Florida, pushing earliest moon launch date to February 8. January 31, 2026 View Details Study finds CDC stopped updating 38 of 82 public health databases since Kennedy became health secretary, with nearly 90% of the paused systems tracking vaccinations. January 27, 2026 View Details Transportation Department plans to use Google Gemini to rewrite safety regulations for airplanes, pipelines and freight trains, with agency’s top lawyer saying “we don’t need the perfect rule.” January 27, 2026 View Details CDC vaccine panel chair questions need for polio vaccines, calls school immunization requirements “authoritarian,” says individual autonomy comes before public health. January 24, 2026 View Details U.S. meets key condition for losing measles elimination status after 12 months of sustained transmission, with CDC official calling it “the cost of doing business.” January 21, 2026 View Details USDA directs employees to Google search foreign scientists they collaborate with for “subversive or criminal activity” and send flagged names to the agency’s Office of Homeland Security. January 17, 2026 View Details NASA completes first medical evacuation from space, returning four astronauts to Earth a month early after crew member developed unspecified health issue. January 16, 2026 View Details South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in one week to 434 cases with 409 in quarantine, as health officials warn they’re losing ability to trace spread. January 15, 2026 View Details NASA conducts first medical evacuation in International Space Station’s 25-year history after Crew-11 astronaut developed health issue, with splashdown expected early Thursday. January 15, 2026 View Details FDA deletes webpage warning parents about dangerous bogus autism treatments including chelation therapy promoted by David Geier, the anti-vaccine activist Kennedy hired to study debunked vaccine link. January 14, 2026 View Details Study of 5,000 pages of FDA documents found abortion pill decisions followed scientists’ evidence-based recommendations, undercutting Kennedy’s rationale for new safety review. January 13, 2026 View Details Federal judge orders HHS to restore $12 million in grants to American Academy of Pediatrics, finding likely “retaliatory motive” for cuts after group criticized RFK Jr. January 13, 2026 View Details FCC approves 7,500 more Starlink satellites for SpaceX weeks after Chairman Carr pressured competitor into selling spectrum licenses to Musk’s company. January 10, 2026 View Details NASA orders first medical evacuation from the International Space Station in 25 years, cutting Crew-11 mission short after undisclosed medical emergency. January 10, 2026 View Details New federal dietary guidelines remove specific alcohol limits as Dr. Oz calls drinking a “social lubricant,” despite WHO stating no amount is safe. January 8, 2026 View Details CDC cuts recommended childhood vaccines after Kennedy overhaul, moving hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rotavirus, COVID-19 and flu shots to “shared clinical decision-making” category. January 6, 2026 View Details Trump orders HieFo Corp. to divest $2.9 million defense chip technology within 180 days, citing owner’s Chinese citizenship in deal that closed during Biden administration. January 3, 2026 View Details NASA closes its largest research library Friday, with 100,000 volumes including irreplaceable Soviet-era space documents to be warehoused or thrown out as Goddard campus shrinks from 10,000 to 6,600 employees. January 1, 2026 View Details Michigan loses $540 million in climate grants and $3 billion in canceled clean energy investments since January as automakers shift back to gas vehicles. December 30, 2025 View Details Duke cuts $299 million through buyouts and building closures in response to federal funding cuts, with 599 staff taking buyouts and 45 laid off. December 30, 2025 View Details NIH denies reappointment for Walter Koroshetz, director of neurological disorders institute since 2015, leaving 13 of 27 divisions with acting leaders. December 28, 2025 View Details American Academy of Pediatrics sues Trump administration claiming $12 million in grant cuts retaliated against its criticism of Kennedy’s vaccine policy changes. December 25, 2025 View Details CDC funds $1.6 million study in Guinea-Bissau to withhold hepatitis B vaccine from newborns after RFK Jr. changed US guidance without evidence, with experts calling it “neocolonialist.” December 22, 2025 View Details Measles cases reach 1,958 in 43 states, highest in 33 years, as CDC posts 78% fewer warnings on social media than previous years. December 18, 2025 View Details Senate confirms Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, seven months after Trump pulled his nomination over Democratic donations. December 18, 2025 View Details Trump administration moves to dismantle 65-year-old Colorado climate research center that developed hurricane forecasting tools, calling it “climate alarmism.” December 17, 2025 View Details Trump appoints Yale epidemiologist who speculated about vaccine-caused “turbo cancer” and profits from ivermectin sales to chair the President’s Cancer Panel. December 17, 2025 View Details Former NIH vaccine chief sues Trump administration over firing, alleging retaliation after she exposed officials who said “vaccines are unnecessary if populations are healthy.” December 17, 2025 View Details Trump signs executive order creating DOJ task force to challenge state AI laws and withhold broadband funding from states with regulations the administration dislikes. December 12, 2025 View Details South Carolina measles outbreak hits 111 cases with 254 quarantined, as U.S. faces losing elimination status if transmission continues through January. December 10, 2025 View Details FDA says it is investigating COVID vaccine deaths “across multiple age groups” after official claimed without evidence that 10 children died. December 10, 2025 View Details Former NASA administrator tells Congress the Artemis moon program “cannot work” and should be canceled, warning China will land humans on the Moon first while $10 billion summer infusion provided zero funding for lunar landing efforts. December 5, 2025 View Details Kennedy’s hand-picked vaccine committee defers vote on hepatitis B shot for newborns despite review of 400 studies finding no safety concerns and CDC data showing current schedule prevented 6 million infections. December 5, 2025 View Details Illinois signs law establishing state vaccine guidelines and expanding access for children as Pritzker calls federal changes “QAnon-inspired conspiracy theories.” December 4, 2025 View Details Twelve former FDA commissioners publish joint rebuke of vaccine memo in New England Journal of Medicine, saying claims “misrepresent both the science and the regulatory record.” December 4, 2025 View Details FDA’s top drug regulator retiring after three weeks, citing concerns that Commissioner Makary’s plans to speed approvals and exclude career scientists may be illegal. December 3, 2025 View Details Trump administration renames National Renewable Energy Lab, erasing “renewable energy” from 48-year-old Colorado research institution’s identity. December 2, 2025 View Details Kennedy promotes vaccine committee chair to HHS “chief science officer” role, replaces him with pediatric cardiologist who blames vaccines for causing heart disease. December 2, 2025 View Details FDA vaccine director claims 10 children died from COVID shots in internal memo withholding ages, health conditions, and vaccine makers, released days before CDC panel meets. November 29, 2025 View Details Louisiana surgeon general who ended state vaccine promotion and backed ivermectin for COVID installed as CDC’s No. 2, with no director nominated since Monarez firing in August. November 26, 2025 View Details Trump launches Manhattan Project-scale AI initiative opening vast federal data troves about Americans to private AI companies including OpenAI, Google, and Palantir. November 25, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. says he personally ordered CDC to change website language on vaccines and autism, breaking pledge to Senate committee chairman who endorsed his confirmation. November 22, 2025 View Details HHS appointees change CDC website to claim vaccine-autism link is unproven, overruling agency scientists after 40 studies of 5.6 million people found no link. November 21, 2025 View Details Department of Energy backs Three Mile Island nuclear restart with $1 billion loan to support Microsoft data center demand amid rising electricity prices from AI. November 19, 2025 View Details CDC links Texas measles outbreak with Utah and Arizona cases for first time, transmission through January would end U.S. elimination designation held for 25 years. November 18, 2025 View Details Trump administration cancelled 383 active clinical trials after March funding cuts, abandoning 74,000 participants mid-treatment without follow-up in what researchers call ethics violations. November 18, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump from withholding UC research funds or demanding $1.2 billion settlement restricting academic freedom, calling administration “coercive and retaliatory” in fourth ruling against funding cuts since June. November 15, 2025 View Details Trump restores billionaire Jared Isaacman as NASA nominee months after canceling over Musk feud, as Chief of Staff Wiles tells Transportation Secretary Duffy to stop alleged leaks. November 5, 2025 View Details FDA restricts fluoride supplements for children under 3 and low-risk older children, citing gut microbiome concerns after MAHA Commission directive. November 1, 2025 View Details FDA stops accepting new drug submissions during shutdown while continuing work on existing applications. October 22, 2025 View Details NASA acting chief opens moon lander contract to SpaceX competitors after delays, prompting Musk to attack him as “Sean Dummy” and question his IQ. October 22, 2025 View Details Pennsylvania requires health insurers to cover COVID-19 vaccines without cost-sharing through 2026 after CDC dropped universal recommendation following Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s committee purge. October 18, 2025 View Details 15 Democratic governors form public health alliance breaking with Trump administration and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after federal vaccine guidance changes alarmed medical experts. October 16, 2025 View Details Army announces Janus Program to place small nuclear microreactors on U.S. bases worldwide, following Trump executive order requiring reactor operation by September 30, 2028. October 15, 2025 View Details Smithsonian museums, research centers and National Zoo close on shutdown’s 12th day after exhausting prior-year funding used to remain open. October 13, 2025 View Details EPA directed scientists to research tracing abortion drug mifepristone in wastewater following Republican congressional letter, a method anti-abortion activists seek to restrict medication. October 11, 2025 View Details CDC cancels October vaccine meeting scheduled one month after September session after Kennedy’s anti-vaccine committee rescinded flu and MMRV recommendations in unusual accelerated schedule. October 10, 2025 View Details Health Secretary Kennedy claims circumcised boys have double autism rates from Tylenol, contradicting medical groups that still recommend acetaminophen. October 10, 2025 View Details Senate confirms Neil Jacobs as NOAA chief despite 2019 ethics violation when he criticized forecasters who corrected Trump’s false claim that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama. October 8, 2025 View Details CDC drops universal COVID vaccine recommendation, requiring physician consultation on risks and benefits, and splits MMRV shot after Trump administration replaced advisory committee with vaccine skeptics. October 7, 2025 View Details Smithsonian warns White House order to relocate Space Shuttle Discovery from Virginia to Texas within 18 months would require disassembling the most intact orbiter, destroying its historical value. October 3, 2025 View Details Kennedy fires Fauci’s successor as NIAID director three weeks after whistleblower complaint alleging cancellation of research grants, politicization of science, and administration hostility toward vaccines. October 3, 2025 View Details Energy Department bans words ‘climate change’ and ’emissions’ from office whose mission is reducing emissions causing climate change. September 29, 2025 View Details The World Health Organization directly rebuts the Trump administration’s new warning on Tylenol and autism, affirming there is no consistent scientific link. September 25, 2025 View Details The FCC moves to reverse a Biden-era rule providing internet hotspots to students, citing internet safety rules that the program already follows. September 25, 2025 View Details Trump denounced the United Nations and multilateralism in a speech calling climate change a con job before privately pledging his 100% support to its leader. September 24, 2025 View Details The EPA eliminates its independent research office in a reorganization that places scientists under the administrator’s direct political control. September 23, 2025 View Details A federal judge orders the Trump administration to restore over $500 million in UCLA health grants suspended over claims of antisemitism. September 23, 2025 View Details Trump promotes discredited links between vaccines and autism with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during an event announcing a new government study. September 23, 2025 View Details The Trump administration plans to link Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism, contradicting established guidance from the FDA and medical organizations. September 22, 2025 View Details EPA political appointees halted Office of Water research for a new political review two months after dismantling the agency’s main research branch. September 21, 2025 View Details Trump imposes a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas and creates a $1 million ‘gold card’ for permanent residency. September 20, 2025 View Details A CDC panel appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. votes to require a doctor’s consultation for COVID shots for most Americans. September 20, 2025 View Details RFK Jr.’s new CDC vaccine panel votes to withdraw the recommendation for a combined measles vaccine for young children one day after the ousted CDC director warned of political pressure. September 19, 2025 View Details The National Academy of Sciences refutes the scientific basis for the Trump administration’s proposal to revoke the 2009 climate endangerment finding. September 18, 2025 View Details Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez tells a Senate committee that HHS Secretary Kennedy ordered her to fire scientists and pre-approve vaccine recommendations. September 18, 2025 View Details Health Secretary Kennedy continues his overhaul of the CDC vaccine panel, adding five new members days before a vote on COVID boosters. September 16, 2025 View Details Trump officials will present unverified reports of 25 child deaths to a hand-picked CDC panel to justify new COVID vaccine limits. September 13, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directs federal funds to a no-bid contract to research the disproven link between vaccines and autism. September 13, 2025 View Details The Trump EPA plans to eliminate the program that has tracked industrial greenhouse gases since 2009, citing $2.4 billion in business savings. September 13, 2025 View Details The Pentagon begins deploying a new satellite network intended to serve as the foundation for Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense shield. September 11, 2025 View Details A revised White House health report from HHS Secretary Kennedy scrubs criticism of the food and chemical industries in favor of deregulation and more research. September 10, 2025 View Details Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez will testify to the Senate next week about her firing by HHS Secretary Kennedy over a vaccine dispute. September 10, 2025 View Details Trump promotes a debunked vaccine-autism theory just days after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his anti-vaccine stance to Congress. September 9, 2025 View Details Florida’s surgeon general says no study is needed for his plan to end all school vaccine mandates, a policy he previously likened to ‘slavery’. September 8, 2025 View Details Two months after employees accused leadership of undermining public health and scientific progress, the EPA suspends dozens and moves to fire others. September 7, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to link Tylenol to autism, contradicting FDA guidance and established medical science. September 6, 2025 View Details The Trump administration buried a federal study on alcohol and cancer after industry allies in Congress commissioned a competing report. September 6, 2025 View Details Trump publicly defends some vaccines nine days after firing his CDC director over conflicts with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. September 6, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces bipartisan calls for his resignation during a chaotic hearing on his CDC shake-up and vaccine policies. September 5, 2025 View Details More than 1,000 current and former HHS employees wrote to Congress demanding the resignation of Secretary Kennedy, accusing him of endangering the nation’s health. September 4, 2025 View Details FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is moving to end a school Wi-Fi hotspot program after a similar legislative ban from Sen. Ted Cruz passed the Senate but stalled in the House. September 4, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary RFK Jr. adds seven new members to the CDC vaccine panel months after firing the entire original committee. September 4, 2025 View Details HHS will restore over 100 health webpages after settling a lawsuit with doctors over their removal as part of a ban on the word “gender.” September 4, 2025 View Details The governors of California, Oregon, and Washington formed a vaccine alliance days after HHS Secretary RFK Jr. fired the CDC director over a dispute on vaccine access. September 4, 2025 View Details Florida Gov. DeSantis and his surgeon general moved to end all vaccine mandates, targeting decades-old requirements for polio and measles in schools. September 4, 2025 View Details Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics told Heritage Foundation interns that male intelligence varies more widely than female intelligence. September 3, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removes vaccine scientist and vocal critic Paul Offit from a key FDA advisory panel. September 3, 2025 View Details The Trump administration is cutting climate satellite programs to prioritize weather forecasting, a move scientists warn will actually harm prediction accuracy. September 2, 2025 View Details Trump publicly demands drug companies prove the efficacy of his own Operation Warp Speed vaccines just days after his HHS secretary’s anti-vaccine actions roiled the CDC. September 2, 2025 View Details Nine former CDC directors accused HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of endangering public health days after he ousted the agency’s director for refusing to support his vaccine and personnel changes. September 2, 2025 View Details FDA’s top vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad demands the removal of a YouTube channel documenting his past criticisms of Covid vaccines. September 1, 2025 View Details The FTC chairman threatened to investigate Google for sending Republican emails to spam, reviving a claim already dismissed by a federal judge and the FEC. August 30, 2025 View Details After filing a whistleblower complaint over data security, the Social Security Administration’s top data official was forced out Friday and his resignation email to staff vanished. August 30, 2025 View Details GAO warns the FAA is risking flight safety, with its aviation meteorologist staffing at a critical low and fewer than half of control centers fully staffed. August 30, 2025 View Details A top CDC official revealed after resigning that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has not received measles, COVID-19, and flu briefings from CDC staff. August 30, 2025 View Details Two months after 170 employees dissented over the agency’s scientific policies, the EPA fired eight of them, primarily targeting vulnerable probationary staff. August 30, 2025 View Details National Cancer Institute ends funding for pediatric brain cancer consortium after 26 years, shifting support to broader Children’s Oncology Group network. August 29, 2025 View Details CVS blocks Covid vaccines in 16 states until CDC panel meets, leaving access restricted while federal delays stall new recommendations. August 29, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Kennedy attacked the CDC’s priorities one day after firing its director, mischaracterizing its list of medical advances to include abortion. August 29, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Kennedy installed his own deputy as acting CDC director after his fired chief, Susan Monarez, refused to leave the agency. August 29, 2025 View Details CDC confirms it cut its foodborne illness surveillance program in July, reducing the number of pathogens it tracks from eight to two. August 28, 2025 View Details FDA restricts fall COVID shots to high-risk groups, a major reversal of the previous universal recommendation for everyone 6 months and older. August 28, 2025 View Details White House fires CDC director after she refused to resign over ‘unscientific’ orders, prompting four other top officials to quit. August 28, 2025 View Details Intel warns Trump’s 10% government stake risks global sales and backlash, as critics call it a backdoor sovereign wealth fund experiment. August 26, 2025 View Details Trump dismisses TikTok security concerns as ‘overrated’ and delays enforcing law upheld by Supreme Court requiring ByteDance to divest or leave US. August 23, 2025 View Details Trump claims Intel gave US a 10% stake worth $10B after he pressured CEO Lip-Bu Tan to keep his job, tying it to CHIPS Act leverage. August 23, 2025 View Details Gabbard ignored NSA director’s plea and stripped chief data scientist Vinh Nguyen of his clearance, ousting a top AI and quantum expert in her latest Trump loyalty purge. August 21, 2025 View Details At least 600 CDC employees receive termination notices after court ruling, cutting violence prevention and other programs weeks after campus shooting. August 21, 2025 View Details American Academy of Pediatrics urges COVID vaccination for infants and toddlers, defying RFK Jr. and CDC rollback that dropped shots for healthy children. August 20, 2025 View Details Trump administration considers converting $10.9 billion in Chips Act grants into 10% equity stake in Intel, making government top shareholder. August 19, 2025 View Details GSA corrals federal agencies into Trump-branded AI funnel with new USAi.Gov testbed. August 17, 2025 View Details COVID infections climb in midsummer wave as FDA delays push updated vaccines to mid-September, leaving most Americans with risk factors uncertain about protection. August 17, 2025 View Details Internal emails show GSA dropped Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot in late July after antisemitic ‘MechaHitler’ rant August 15, 2025 View Details Elon Musk’s SpaceX moves to block Virginia’s $613M broadband plan, seeks $60M for Starlink August 15, 2025 View Details HHS revives long-dormant childhood vaccine safety task force led by NIH’s Jay Bhattacharya after push from RFK Jr. and anti-vaccine activists. August 15, 2025 View Details Acting NASA chief says climate science will ‘move aside’ as agency focuses solely on space exploration under Trump administration. August 15, 2025 View Details Trump orders shutdown of two NASA carbon-monitoring satellites, cases scientists warn will erase critical climate and agricultural data. August 15, 2025 View Details Trump administration disbands FEMA’s youth advisory council after months of silence, ending climate-focused disaster preparedness projects by high school members. August 14, 2025 View Details Trump’s former surgeon general warns decision to cut $500 million in mRNA vaccine research will cost lives, undercut public health trust. August 11, 2025 View Details FDA reinstates Vinay Prasad as vaccine chief less than two weeks after White House ouster sparked by Laura Loomer campaign, bolstering Makary and RFK Jr. August 10, 2025 View Details Trump administration investigates Harvard’s federally funded patents under Bayh Dole Act review after freezing billions in research funding earlier this year. August 9, 2025 View Details Epidemiologist warns fall vaccine access threatened as federal rollout system remains stalled in August without clear guidance. August 7, 2025 View Details Kennedy ends $500 million in BARDA contracts for future mRNA vaccines, gutting pandemic preparedness tools experts say are crucial for next crisis. August 6, 2025 View Details GAO finds Trump administration violated federal budget law by canceling 1,800 NIH grants and withholding $8 billion to target diversity programs. August 6, 2025 View Details Transportation Secretary and acting NASA administrator Duffy plans nuclear reactor on moon by 2030, despite no U.S. lunar landing since 1972. August 5, 2025 View Details Trump administration cuts UCLA’s $200 million in federal research funding over claims university failed to address antisemitism after pro-Palestinian protests. August 2, 2025 View Details Federal judge allows NSF to continue withholding hundreds of millions from researchers after Trump administration cut grants targeting misinformation and diversity programs. August 2, 2025 View Details Trump touts pledges from Amazon, Apple, Google and OpenAI for a national patient data sharing system, raising privacy warnings about HIPAA gaps. July 31, 2025 View Details National Science Foundation slashes most senior executive positions from 143 to 59 after losing one-third of staff and canceling 1,600 research grants. July 30, 2025 View Details EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces plan to revoke 2009 endangerment finding that underlies all federal greenhouse gas regulations, calling it largest deregulatory action in US history. July 30, 2025 View Details Trump puts two NOAA officials on leave days before confirming Neil Jacobs, whom they investigated for altering hurricane forecasts to match his false Alabama claims. July 26, 2025 View Details Trump administration targets four DOE sites to fast‑track AI data centers using federal land and bypass environmental reviews. July 25, 2025 View Details Trump administration asks Supreme Court to revive NIH grant cancellations after Massachusetts judge ruled hundreds were illegal and ordered their restoration. July 25, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. approves removing thimerosal from flu vaccines despite no scientific evidence of harm after CDC committee heard in June from anti-vaccine group he founded. July 24, 2025 View Details Joining a wave of dissent across federal agencies, 149 National Science Foundation employees have accused the Trump administration of politicizing science, with most signing anonymously for fear of reprisal. July 23, 2025 View Details The EPA, led by Administrator Lee Zeldin and Jeffrey Clark, seeks to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding, eliminating the legal basis for all climate regulations. July 23, 2025 View Details After 287 current and former NASA employees issued a public rebuke over safety, a top director resigned and the Trump administration dismissed the concerns as “radical DEI principles.” July 22, 2025 View Details The Trump administration is using a $1.5 million grant to pivot the 55-year-old Title X birth control program toward controversial, non-IVF infertility treatments favored by religious conservatives. July 21, 2025 View Details White House, Pentagon, and GSA officials review SpaceX contracts after June feud with Musk, but find government too dependent on company to terminate deals. July 20, 2025 View Details Trump’s EPA eliminates scientific research division affecting 1,500 scientists studying pollution who learned of closure through press release. July 19, 2025 View Details Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suspends NOAA’s climate-driven rainfall prediction tool development weeks after deadly Texas flooding. July 17, 2025 View Details A political appointee at the NIH overrode agency scientists to suspend studies they had already deemed safe, citing Trump’s order to halt “dangerous” research. July 17, 2025 View Details Police pepper-sprayed dozens of protesters outside a Trump-led summit at Carnegie Mellon University after they blocked a street and confronted attendees. July 16, 2025 View Details HHS fired thousands of employees at the FDA, CDC, and NIH just days after a Supreme Court ruling allowed the workforce reduction plan to proceed. July 16, 2025 View Details NASA reverses promise to host climate reports after Trump administration shuttered official government websites earlier this month. July 15, 2025 View Details DOGE told Nuclear Regulatory Commission in May to rubber stamp reactor approvals already tested by Energy and Defense departments. July 15, 2025 View Details Commerce Secretary Lutnick calls weather service layoff reports “fake news” while half of all national weather offices operate with 20 percent staff cuts. July 12, 2025 View Details Trump appointees overseeing weather agencies have ties to companies that would benefit from privatizing government weather forecasting, potentially turning free public data into paid services. July 10, 2025 View Details Trump names Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as interim NASA science administrator, giving him dual Cabinet-level roles despite lacking science or aviation background. July 10, 2025 View Details Air Force suspends SpaceX hypersonic cargo delivery tests at U.S. territory Johnston Atoll after environmental groups raised seabird protection concerns. July 4, 2025 View Details EPA administrator Lee Zeldin places 140 employees on administrative leave after they signed public letter criticizing Trump’s environmental policies. July 4, 2025 View Details Federal judge issues 103-page ruling blasting “newly-minted war” against health research as systematic discrimination after finding officials illegally canceled grants based on race, gender and ideology. July 3, 2025 View Details Kennedy’s FDA vaccine chief overrules government scientists to restrict COVID shots despite staff conclusions that benefits outweigh rare side effects. July 3, 2025 View Details Trump budget proposes eliminating all NOAA climate research and shutting weather labs nationwide while cutting 17 percent of the agency’s staff. July 2, 2025 View Details Trump administration takes down U.S. climate research website containing congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment reports four months after dismantling the program. July 2, 2025 View Details Virginia lawmakers demand answers from Trump administration on plan to displace National Science Foundation from custom-built Alexandria headquarters for HUD. July 1, 2025 View Details Over 170 EPA employees publicly dissent against Trump administration environmental policies with support from 20 Nobel laureates who warn people will die. July 1, 2025 View Details NOAA delays cutting critical hurricane forecasting data by just one month after scientists warn of severe consequences during hurricane season. July 1, 2025 View Details International nuclear watchdog chief says Iran strikes caused “severe” damage but country retains capability to restart nuclear program, contradicting Trump’s claims of total obliteration. June 30, 2025 View Details Defense Department to stop sharing microwave satellite data over cybersecurity risks, hobbling forecasters’ ability to track rapidly intensifying hurricanes ahead of peak season. June 28, 2025 View Details Harvard Medical School cancer researcher indicted on federal smuggling charges after government filed criminal case while she fought deportation over undeclared frog embryos. June 27, 2025 View Details RFK Jr.’s handpicked vaccine committee votes against flu vaccines containing thimerosal after his office removed CDC safety report from agency website. June 27, 2025 View Details Trump administration forces out top FDA gene therapy reviewers who supported drug approvals that new RFK Jr. appointee opposed. June 22, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks NSF’s arbitrary 15% cap on university research funding after Trump administration slashed typical reimbursement rates from 50-65%. June 21, 2025 View Details Harvard cancer researcher Kseniia Petrova appears in court after months in custody for allegedly smuggling frog embryos as federal investigator admits he can’t define “biological materials” central to charges. June 19, 2025 View Details All 17 fired vaccine advisors unite to blast RFK Jr.’s “destabilizing decisions” and “troubling disregard for scientific integrity” in JAMA editorial. June 18, 2025 View Details FDA offers expedited drug reviews to companies promoting vaguely-defined “national priorities,” giving officials unprecedented discretion over which pharmaceutical firms benefit. June 18, 2025 View Details EPA plans to reconsider ban on cancer-causing asbestos that kills 40,000 Americans annually and is banned in more than 50 countries. June 17, 2025 View Details Reagan-appointed federal judge rules Trump’s cancellation of $1 billion in NIH diversity research grants illegal, calling it “palpable” racial discrimination. June 17, 2025 View Details Senior CDC virus expert Fiona Havers resigns citing concerns data will no longer be used objectively after RFK Jr. purges vaccine advisory committee. June 17, 2025 View Details Over 400 international academics including 30 Nobel laureates issue anti-fascist manifesto comparing Trump to Mussolini, with some signing anonymously due to fear of reprisals. June 14, 2025 View Details Federal judge orders release of Harvard researcher detained 4 months for bringing undeclared frog embryos for cancer research. June 13, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. names eight vaccine advisory panel replacements including Robert Malone, dubbed “misinformation star” by New York Times, and multiple other COVID vaccine critics. June 12, 2025 View Details NIH Director Bhattacharya accepts responsibility for canceling $9.5 billion in research grants to move away from “politicized science” during Senate budget hearing. June 11, 2025 View Details 92 NIH scientists sign public letter challenging Trump-appointed director Bhattacharya over $12 billion in terminated research grants, including studies that cut tuberculosis patients off treatment mid-course. June 10, 2025 View Details Kennedy fires entire CDC vaccine advisory committee for first time in 61-year history, cutting short 13 Biden appointees’ terms through 2028. June 10, 2025 View Details Trump-Musk feud threatens International Space Station operations that depend on SpaceX while proposed budget cuts target 40 science missions in NASA’s “biggest crisis ever.” June 8, 2025 View Details Trump signs executive orders to boost domestic drone production and exports while countering security threats after Pentagon warns U.S. unprepared to defend against drone attacks on homeland. June 7, 2025 View Details Trump and Musk escalate into a daylong feud with impeachment threats, Epstein accusations, and Musk vowing to decommission the Dragon ISS capsule after Trump moves to cut billions in federal contracts. June 6, 2025 View Details CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns after RFK Jr. bypassed scientific committee to impose guidance excluding pregnant women from vaccination recommendations. June 5, 2025 View Details Trump’s 2026 budget proposal cuts 90% of funding for major U.S. Geological Survey ecology program that studies wildfires, invasive species and climate impacts. June 1, 2025 View Details Trump withdraws Jared Isaacman’s NASA nomination one day after releasing budget proposal to cut agency funding by 24% and eliminate dozens of science missions. June 1, 2025 View Details Trump administration ends HIV vaccine funding weeks before potential approval of breakthrough prevention drug, with scientists warning cuts will set back research “a probable decade.” May 31, 2025 View Details A federal judge ordered the release of Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova from ICE custody, ruling that her arrest and visa revocation were unlawful. May 29, 2025 View Details Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth restricted Pentagon IT consulting contracts, requiring proof that work cannot be done in-house before hiring outside firms. May 29, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposed barring government scientists from publishing in top medical journals and creating in-house journals, claiming industry corruption. May 29, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bypassed CDC and expert review to end federal COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for healthy pregnant women and children. May 29, 2025 View Details Trump administration canceled $766 million Moderna contract for H5N1 bird flu vaccine as company reported positive trial results. May 29, 2025 View Details NIH staff staged walkout during director Jay Bhattacharya’s town hall last week over research cuts and his claims that NIH-funded research may have caused the Covid-19 pandemic. May 27, 2025 View Details EPA confirms it is drafting plan to eliminate all greenhouse gas limits on coal and natural gas power plants, claiming U.S. emissions don’t contribute significantly to climate change. May 25, 2025 View Details Trump deregulates nuclear industry with “total reform” of independent Nuclear Regulatory Commission, cutting staff and fast-tracking reactor approvals for AI data centers and defense facilities. May 24, 2025 View Details GOP agriculture chairs tell Kennedy’s health commission to “adhere to sound science” after report links widely-used pesticides to chronic disease, marking first Republican pushback against Trump’s health and human services secretary. May 24, 2025 View Details Trump claims autism “has to be artificially induced” while citing inflated statistics at MAHA event. May 23, 2025 View Details Kennedy’s MAHA commission report blames corporate influence and environmental toxins for childhood disease crisis. May 23, 2025 View Details Deadly Kentucky tornado that killed 14 people tracked by weather office struggling with staffing cuts that eliminated overnight shifts at many National Weather Service locations. May 18, 2025 View Details U.S. measles cases surge to 1,024 across 30 states as CDC reports 13% hospitalization rate despite disease being preventable with vaccination. May 17, 2025 View Details National Weather Service seeks internal transfers to fill 155 vacancies as Houston office loses all management and Kansas facility ends 24/7 operations, but hiring freeze remains. May 15, 2025 View Details Trump’s surgeon general nominee promoted psychedelic therapy and credited mushrooms with helping her find love. May 15, 2025 View Details Musk secures Saudi approval for Starlink while promoting Tesla ventures during Trump-led investment trip. May 14, 2025 View Details USDA restores climate and conservation content after lawsuit over Trump purge that removed key farm support tools from public websites. May 14, 2025 View Details EPA tells 1,500 scientists in Office of Research and Development to apply for new agency jobs after Trump administration reorganization targets their positions. May 13, 2025 View Details National Science Foundation eliminates equity division and cancels 73 more grants. May 10, 2025 View Details NOAA to discontinue weather disaster database as Trump administration cuts agency resources. May 9, 2025 View Details FDA holds talks with OpenAI about using AI in drug evaluations, using cderGPT project. May 8, 2025 View Details HHS to launch autism data platform after backlash over registry plan. May 8, 2025 View Details Columbia will lay off nearly 180 researchers after Trump administration cuts $400 million in federal grants. May 7, 2025 View Details EPA plans to shut down Energy Star efficiency label program in Trump‑driven agency reorganization. May 7, 2025 View Details FDA names COVID policy critic Vinay Prasad to lead vaccines division after former chief quit amid RFK Jr. clashes. May 7, 2025 View Details Trump administration ends CDC infection control panel, halting updates to national hospital guidelines. May 7, 2025 View Details Trump administration halts funding for ‘gain-of-function’ research that alters viruses. May 6, 2025 View Details Researcher who pushed hydroxychloroquine during pandemic returns to HHS in Trump administration. May 5, 2025 View Details Trump EPA dismantles science office, reshuffles 1,500 staff in major reorganization. May 3, 2025 View Details Trump budget slashes NIH, CDC, and chronic disease programs in sweeping cuts to public health and research. May 3, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. falsely claims measles vaccine contains fetal tissue and asks CDC for vitamin-based treatments. May 3, 2025 View Details House Republicans vote to block California’s clean air waivers and revoke Biden-era vehicle rules in legally dubious move. May 2, 2025 View Details Kennedy halts Ebola and deadly virus research at top federal lab. May 1, 2025 View Details Kennedy redirects $500 million in COVID funds to launch universal vaccine project with placebo testing mandate. May 1, 2025 View Details “Your Local Epidemiologist” Katelyn Jetelina offers webinar on influencing health policy this Friday. April 30, 2025 View Details HHS chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urges parents to “do your own research” on vaccines, despite overseeing the nation’s vaccine safety. April 30, 2025 View Details Trump administration disbands U.S. climate report authors, threatening congressionally mandated national assessment. April 29, 2025 View Details Trump administration slows Covid vaccine approvals by requiring new trials and shifting FDA standards. April 29, 2025 View Details HHS reverses course, restores funding for landmark Women’s Health Initiative women’s-health study after backlash April 26, 2025 View Details USDA withdraws Biden-era proposal to cap salmonella in raw poultry products. April 26, 2025 View Details Education Department investigates UC Berkeley for failing to disclose Chinese funding tied to Tsinghua research institute. April 26, 2025 View Details NSF terminates 400 active grants tied to DEI and misinformation, citing new Trump-era priorities. April 23, 2025 View Details NIH to launch autism registry and share private medical data for RFK Jr.’s study criticized as stigmatizing and unfounded. April 23, 2025 View Details Harvard sues Trump administration over $2.2 billion funding freeze tied to campus freedom of speech. April 22, 2025 View Details Montana confirms first measles cases in 30+ years; health officials hope high vaccination rates will limit spread. April 22, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. suggests compensating families of people with severe autism, saying his comments apply to 25% and linking the condition to environmental toxins. April 21, 2025 View Details Trump administration to cut another $1 billion from Harvard health research funding after university rejects White House demands. April 21, 2025 View Details Trump replaces COVID data website with page blaming Fauci and China, deletes info on vaccines and treatment. April 19, 2025 View Details Top NIH nutrition researcher retires early over censorship under RFK Jr.’s leadership at HHS. April 18, 2025 View Details Trump officials move to gut endangered species protections by redefining “harm” to exclude habitat destruction. April 17, 2025 View Details Trump admin proposes 30% cut to health budgets, slashing HIV prevention, mental health care, and chronic disease programs. April 17, 2025 View Details Commerce Department opens national security probe into pharma imports, setting up potential tariffs. April 15, 2025 View Details Miami-Dade mayor vetoes fluoride ban, defying RFK Jr. and Trump-aligned health officials. April 12, 2025 View Details Trump plan halves NASA science, shutters Goddard, and cancels Mars and Venus missions. April 12, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. claims measles is plateauing as cases double last year’s total, top 700, and spread to six states with three dead. April 12, 2025 View Details Kennedy says HHS autism probe will identify cause by September, echoing debunked vaccine claims. April 11, 2025 View Details Trump signs orders to revive U.S. coal industry, mandate new plants, and reclassify coal as a critical mineral despite its role in climate change and extreme weather. April 9, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water, echoing Utah ban and triggering EPA review. April 8, 2025 View Details Trump administration doesn’t renew contract for translating weather alerts and forecasts, cutting access for non-English speakers. April 8, 2025 View Details Peer-reviewed study last week shows NIH cancer breakthrough helping 1 in 4 patients, but Trump-era layoffs are delaying treatment rollout. April 7, 2025 View Details NIH plans new autism research as Trump and Kennedy revive vaccine skepticism. April 5, 2025 View Details Top Trump FDA official pauses Novavax Covid-19 vaccine approval in rare intervention overriding staff scientists. April 3, 2025 View Details The day after firing 2,400 workers, Trump administration orders CDC to cut $2.9 billion in contracts, slashing 35 percent of outside spending. April 3, 2025 View Details Judge slams EPA and Citibank over $20 billion green grant freeze, questions legality of Trump-aligned shutdown targeting nonprofits. April 3, 2025 View Details Scientists and labor unions sue NIH over Trump-era purge of DEI, vaccine, and Covid research, citing $2.4 billion in canceled grants. April 3, 2025 View Details Trump appointee puts entire staff of federal library and museum agency on leave after DOGE takeover. April 1, 2025 View Details Trump move threatens to eliminate NIST spectroscopy group, putting global atomic data used in fusion, astronomy, and medicine at risk. March 26, 2025 View Details Disgraced anti-vaccine activist who has falsely posed as physician is hired by Trump’s HHS to “prove” debunked autism link using CDC data. March 26, 2025 View Details Trump administration told researchers to cut sexual orientation data from rural smoking study, prompting withdrawal from federally published health journal. March 23, 2025 View Details French scientist denied U.S. entry after CBP flagged private messages criticizing Trump’s science cuts. March 20, 2025 View Details Trump’s EPA moves to eliminate science research office, cut 1,000+ experts, critics call it illegal March 19, 2025 View Details NIH removes Fauci from scientist mural despite his five-decade role leading HIV and COVID efforts. March 16, 2025 View Details NOAA, the agency for weather, oceans, and fisheries, faces a second round of 1,000 layoffs, bringing total job losses to 25%. March 12, 2025 View Details NASA eliminated 23 senior positions, including its Chief Scientist, and closed an office studying space and tech policy. March 11, 2025 View Details
