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.
A top CDC official revealed after resigning that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has not received measles, COVID-19, and flu briefings from CDC staff.
Two months after 170 employees dissented over the agency’s scientific policies, the EPA fired eight of them, primarily targeting vulnerable probationary staff.
National Cancer Institute ends funding for pediatric brain cancer consortium after 26 years, shifting support to broader Children’s Oncology Group network.
CVS blocks Covid vaccines in 16 states until CDC panel meets, leaving access restricted while federal delays stall new recommendations.
HHS Secretary Kennedy attacked the CDC’s priorities one day after firing its director, mischaracterizing its list of medical advances to include abortion.
HHS Secretary Kennedy installed his own deputy as acting CDC director after his fired chief, Susan Monarez, refused to leave the agency.
CDC confirms it cut its foodborne illness surveillance program in July, reducing the number of pathogens it tracks from eight to two.
FDA restricts fall COVID shots to high-risk groups, a major reversal of the previous universal recommendation for everyone 6 months and older.
White House fires CDC director after she refused to resign over ‘unscientific’ orders, prompting four other top officials to quit.
Intel warns Trump’s 10% government stake risks global sales and backlash, as critics call it a backdoor sovereign wealth fund experiment.
Trump dismisses TikTok security concerns as ‘overrated’ and delays enforcing law upheld by Supreme Court requiring ByteDance to divest or leave US.
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.
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.
At least 600 CDC employees receive termination notices after court ruling, cutting violence prevention and other programs weeks after campus shooting.
American Academy of Pediatrics urges COVID vaccination for infants and toddlers, defying RFK Jr. and CDC rollback that dropped shots for healthy children.
Trump administration considers converting $10.9 billion in Chips Act grants into 10% equity stake in Intel, making government top shareholder.
COVID infections climb in midsummer wave as FDA delays push updated vaccines to mid-September, leaving most Americans with risk factors uncertain about protection.
Internal emails show GSA dropped Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot in late July after antisemitic ‘MechaHitler’ rant
HHS revives long-dormant childhood vaccine safety task force led by NIH’s Jay Bhattacharya after push from RFK Jr. and anti-vaccine activists.
Acting NASA chief says climate science will ‘move aside’ as agency focuses solely on space exploration under Trump administration.
Trump orders shutdown of two NASA carbon-monitoring satellites, cases scientists warn will erase critical climate and agricultural data.
Trump administration disbands FEMA’s youth advisory council after months of silence, ending climate-focused disaster preparedness projects by high school members.
Trump’s former surgeon general warns decision to cut $500 million in mRNA vaccine research will cost lives, undercut public health trust.
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.
Trump administration investigates Harvard’s federally funded patents under Bayh Dole Act review after freezing billions in research funding earlier this year.
Epidemiologist warns fall vaccine access threatened as federal rollout system remains stalled in August without clear guidance.
Kennedy ends $500 million in BARDA contracts for future mRNA vaccines, gutting pandemic preparedness tools experts say are crucial for next crisis.
GAO finds Trump administration violated federal budget law by canceling 1,800 NIH grants and withholding $8 billion to target diversity programs.
Transportation Secretary and acting NASA administrator Duffy plans nuclear reactor on moon by 2030, despite no U.S. lunar landing since 1972.
Trump administration cuts UCLA’s $200 million in federal research funding over claims university failed to address antisemitism after pro-Palestinian protests.
Federal judge allows NSF to continue withholding hundreds of millions from researchers after Trump administration cut grants targeting misinformation and diversity programs.
Trump touts pledges from Amazon, Apple, Google and OpenAI for a national patient data sharing system, raising privacy warnings about HIPAA gaps.
National Science Foundation slashes most senior executive positions from 143 to 59 after losing one-third of staff and canceling 1,600 research grants.
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.
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.
Trump administration targets four DOE sites to fast‑track AI data centers using federal land and bypass environmental reviews.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to revive NIH grant cancellations after Massachusetts judge ruled hundreds were illegal and ordered their restoration.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
White House, Pentagon, and GSA officials review SpaceX contracts after June feud with Musk, but find government too dependent on company to terminate deals.
Trump’s EPA eliminates scientific research division affecting 1,500 scientists studying pollution who learned of closure through press release.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suspends NOAA’s climate-driven rainfall prediction tool development weeks after deadly Texas flooding.
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.
Police pepper-sprayed dozens of protesters outside a Trump-led summit at Carnegie Mellon University after they blocked a street and confronted attendees.
