Advocates and scientists warn that giving political appointees power over research grants would “upend” U.S. science

Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.

After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.

Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows

Those of us who work in scholarly publishing and research communication are not bystanders to science and scholarship, we are part of the research infrastructure that helps scientific evidence survive...

A new approach to collecting, screening, and analyzing data to identify and categorize attacks on science

A new approach to collecting, screening, and analyzing data to identify and categorize attacks on science

Scientists should be able to do their jobs without political interference.

Saturday, May 23rd marked a year since President Trump signed an executive order (EO) to “restore” so-called “gold standard science.” On the surface, the language and title of the order sounded promis...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in recent months stopped publication of studies about the safety of COVID-19 and shingles vaccines, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Serv…

The Trump administration says it's returning U.S. science to a golden era. Critics say it's tarnished by political agendas.

The Trump administration says it's returning U.S. science to a golden era. Critics say it's tarnished by political agendas.

We are now more than a year into President Trump’s second stint in the White House, establishing a grim and undeniable record of attacks on science. Every month that has passed since his inauguration day, there have been multiple actions that target science, scientists, and science-based policies. T

Increasingly, the public is being cut out of decisions that impact their health, communities, and livelihoods—and, unfortunately, we are also seeing this play out at the state level.

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Scientists working for the federal government need safeguards to do evidence-based work and to inform our nation’s policymaking without political interference. Urge Congress to support the Scientific ...

“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.

As the calendar year comes to an end, the Trump administration continues its campaign against science. Since January 20th, 2025, there have been 536 attacks on science—actions, decisions, and policies...

We need policy not just to protect scientific research but to help protect the United States’ economy, global standing, and ability to innovate.

Pretending kids don't know who they are isn't protecting them. Acknowledging and accepting kids as they are saves lives.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, "the Agency") is proposing to amend the procedural framework rule for conducting existing chemical risk evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Ac...

New rule would shorten the time it takes to review chemicals, and alter the methodology used to assess their dangers

Scientific credibility relies not only on the quality of research, but on the strength of the systems that safeguard it. As public trust declines and

Cancelled surveys, suppressed publications, hidden data: the Trump administration is continuing to hack and slash its way through the entire enterprise of science within the federal government.

Scientists are stepping up to provide their expertise outside of federal structures that no longer support them.

The demise removes a group of experts that could have probed the air quality impacts of the Trump administration's deregulatory blitz.

How the Trump Administration Is Eliminating Public Input

Political interference at the CDC reaches new lows: RFK, Jr., must go.

Reverting SI policies to what they were in 2021 will unquestionably weaken them. By undoing the work of the past four years, federal agencies will abandon the benefits of all of the public consultatio...

Four senior officials resign in protest at health secretary’s handling of vaccine policy and agency’s direction

Reverting SI policies to what they were in 2021 will unquestionably weaken them. By undoing the work of the past four years, federal agencies will abandon the benefits of all of the public consultation, careful consideration, and evidence gathered to develop Biden-era SI policies.

The latest order is a smoke screen created to push forward a political agenda disguised as science.

More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...

The new changes scrap broad provisions that scientists had pushed for, including assurance that independent arbiters would oversee enforcement of the scientific integrity policies.

Last month, UCS published Science and Democracy Under Siege: Documenting Six Months of the Trump Administration’s Destructive Actions, a report that catalogs 402 attacks on science between January 20 and June 30, 2025.

It’s been six months since President Trump took the oath of office and his administration began its all-out effort to gut federal science—though it’s understandable if it feels like even longer. If yo...

For more than a decade, prominent scientists across disciplines and institutions in the United States have expressed concerns about the quality of the nation’s science and, in the best scientific trad...

With a name like "gold standard science," you might expect the Trump administration's guidelines on federal science to be awesome. They're not.

We’re seeing an even more obvious effort from the Trump administration to co-opt science in its efforts to undermine scientific integrity.

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