Artemis II completes critical engine burn to leave Earth’s orbit, sending four astronauts on a course to fly around the moon and back.
EPA official overseeing methane rule rollback secretly authored the oil industry’s arguments against those same rules while working as a lobbyist, ProPublica finds.
CDC pauses diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and over two dozen other diseases after losing 20% to 25% of its workforce to downsizing.
NASA launches four astronauts toward the Moon on the Artemis II mission, the first crewed lunar voyage since 1972.
Trump’s “God Squad” convenes for the first time in over 30 years and votes unanimously to exempt all Gulf of Mexico oil and gas drilling from Endangered Species Act protections.
USDA relocates Forest Service headquarters to Salt Lake City, closes all regional offices, and consolidates research operations in the largest restructuring in the agency’s history.
EPA watchdog finds nearly 100 Superfund toxic waste sites vulnerable to flooding and wildfires, with 13 million Americans living within three miles of them.
Artemis 2 crew arrives at Kennedy Space Center for NASA’s first crewed moon mission since 1972, with launch targeted for April 1.
Hegseth invokes national security to seek first-ever Endangered Species Act exemption for oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening 50 remaining Rice’s whales.
Climate scientist Kate Marvel resigns from NASA after approved research went unfunded and her lab lost its lease, part of a 10,000-scientist federal exodus.
FCC bans all new consumer routers manufactured outside the United States, citing supply chain risks tied to Chinese hacking campaigns against U.S. infrastructure.
Federal judge says the Pentagon’s supply chain risk label on Anthropic looks like “an attempt to cripple” the company for refusing to allow unrestricted military use of its AI.
Twenty-four states and 8 cities sue to restore the EPA’s endangerment finding, the legal foundation for all U.S. climate regulation since 2009.
Federal judge blocks RFK Jr.’s overhauled vaccine panel from meeting or implementing changes to childhood immunization schedule.
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.
FDA rejects autism use for drug its own commissioner promoted, approves it only for rare genetic condition affecting fewer than one in a million.
Anthropic sues over a dozen federal agencies and Pentagon leaders, calling its blacklisting for refusing to allow autonomous weapons and mass surveillance unconstitutional retaliation.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Federal science workforce lost nearly 95,000 employees in 15 months as Trump cut Fish and Wildlife science contracts 100% and CDC contracts 79%.
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.
NASA cancels Boeing’s multibillion-dollar rocket stage and restructures Artemis to attempt up to two lunar landings in 2028, citing China competition.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
EPA rolls back mercury and toxic emission limits on coal plants nationwide, returning to weaker Obama-era standards the Biden administration had tightened.
NASA targets March 6 for Artemis 2 launch after successful fueling test, sending four astronauts around the moon for the first time since 1972.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Six conservation groups sue Interior Secretary Burgum over removal of hundreds of exhibits on slavery, climate change, and Indigenous history from national parks.
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.
Pentagon threatens to sever its $200M relationship with Anthropic after the AI firm refuses to lift restrictions on mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
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.
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.
