Trump administration renames National Renewable Energy Lab, erasing “renewable energy” from 48-year-old Colorado research institution’s identity.
Kennedy promotes vaccine committee chair to HHS “chief science officer” role, replaces him with pediatric cardiologist who blames vaccines for causing heart disease.
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.
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.
Trump launches Manhattan Project-scale AI initiative opening vast federal data troves about Americans to private AI companies including OpenAI, Google, and Palantir.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
FDA restricts fluoride supplements for children under 3 and low-risk older children, citing gut microbiome concerns after MAHA Commission directive.
FDA stops accepting new drug submissions during shutdown while continuing work on existing applications.
NASA acting chief opens moon lander contract to SpaceX competitors after delays, prompting Musk to attack him as “Sean Dummy” and question his IQ.
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.
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.
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.
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.
