Smithsonian museums, research centers and National Zoo close on shutdown’s 12th day after exhausting prior-year funding used to remain open.
EPA directed scientists to research tracing abortion drug mifepristone in wastewater following Republican congressional letter, a method anti-abortion activists seek to restrict medication.
CDC cancels October vaccine meeting scheduled one month after September session after Kennedy’s anti-vaccine committee rescinded flu and MMRV recommendations in unusual accelerated schedule.
Health Secretary Kennedy claims circumcised boys have double autism rates from Tylenol, contradicting medical groups that still recommend acetaminophen.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Energy Department bans words ‘climate change’ and ’emissions’ from office whose mission is reducing emissions causing climate change.
The World Health Organization directly rebuts the Trump administration’s new warning on Tylenol and autism, affirming there is no consistent scientific link.
The FCC moves to reverse a Biden-era rule providing internet hotspots to students, citing internet safety rules that the program already follows.
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.
The EPA eliminates its independent research office in a reorganization that places scientists under the administrator’s direct political control.
A federal judge orders the Trump administration to restore over $500 million in UCLA health grants suspended over claims of antisemitism.
Trump promotes discredited links between vaccines and autism with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during an event announcing a new government study.
The Trump administration plans to link Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism, contradicting established guidance from the FDA and medical organizations.
EPA political appointees halted Office of Water research for a new political review two months after dismantling the agency’s main research branch.
Trump imposes a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas and creates a $1 million ‘gold card’ for permanent residency.
A CDC panel appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. votes to require a doctor’s consultation for COVID shots for most Americans.
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.
The National Academy of Sciences refutes the scientific basis for the Trump administration’s proposal to revoke the 2009 climate endangerment finding.
Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez tells a Senate committee that HHS Secretary Kennedy ordered her to fire scientists and pre-approve vaccine recommendations.
Health Secretary Kennedy continues his overhaul of the CDC vaccine panel, adding five new members days before a vote on COVID boosters.
Trump officials will present unverified reports of 25 child deaths to a hand-picked CDC panel to justify new COVID vaccine limits.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directs federal funds to a no-bid contract to research the disproven link between vaccines and autism.
The Trump EPA plans to eliminate the program that has tracked industrial greenhouse gases since 2009, citing $2.4 billion in business savings.
The Pentagon begins deploying a new satellite network intended to serve as the foundation for Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense shield.
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.
Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez will testify to the Senate next week about her firing by HHS Secretary Kennedy over a vaccine dispute.
Trump promotes a debunked vaccine-autism theory just days after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his anti-vaccine stance to Congress.
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’.
Two months after employees accused leadership of undermining public health and scientific progress, the EPA suspends dozens and moves to fire others.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to link Tylenol to autism, contradicting FDA guidance and established medical science.
The Trump administration buried a federal study on alcohol and cancer after industry allies in Congress commissioned a competing report.
Trump publicly defends some vaccines nine days after firing his CDC director over conflicts with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces bipartisan calls for his resignation during a chaotic hearing on his CDC shake-up and vaccine policies.
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.
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.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. adds seven new members to the CDC vaccine panel months after firing the entire original committee.
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.”
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.
Florida Gov. DeSantis and his surgeon general moved to end all vaccine mandates, targeting decades-old requirements for polio and measles in schools.
Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics told Heritage Foundation interns that male intelligence varies more widely than female intelligence.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removes vaccine scientist and vocal critic Paul Offit from a key FDA advisory panel.
The Trump administration is cutting climate satellite programs to prioritize weather forecasting, a move scientists warn will actually harm prediction accuracy.
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.
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.
FDA’s top vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad demands the removal of a YouTube channel documenting his past criticisms of Covid vaccines.
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.
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.
